<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></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;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 22px;">Without</span><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The world will keep trudging through time without us</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">When we lift from the story contest to fly home</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We will be as falling stars to those watching from the edge</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Of grief and heartbreak</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe then we will see the design of the two-minded creature</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And know why half the world fights righteously for greedy masters</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And the other half is nailing it all back together</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Through the smoke of cooking fires, lovers’ trysts, and endless</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Human industry—</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe then, beloved rascal</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We will find each other again in the timeless weave of breathing</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We will sit under the trees in the shadow of earth sorrows</span><br><br><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Watch hyenas drink rain, and laugh.</span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Joy Harjo</span></div></div></body></html>