<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Toss</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Will we really trust our future</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">to the toss of a coin while</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">heads are rolled and tales are told</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">foretelling a fortune less sure</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">than the vein of gold we bleed for?</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">How will this land when the land itself</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">is up for grabs one claim after another</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">with war always the short-lived answer</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">as if working the fields was no longer necessary</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">as if gold was fine fare for dinner?</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Will we raise a quick hand</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">to catch our future midair</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">seeing without looking</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">for where our ghosts and our prayers</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ask for the next dance?</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">What music will finally capture</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">our collective attention, thus far only</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">captive by the weight of the purse</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">when the real song has been playing</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">all along in the woods without us?</span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- C Sonnen</span></div></body></html>