<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span style="font-size: 34px;">Mother’s Nature</span><div><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></div><div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">This morning, in my nightgown and bare feet</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I took the smelly bucket of food scraps</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">out to the compost bin.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">It was still, quiet and barely light.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I had given up the fight with darkness</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">trying to escape a mind</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">refusing to grant me exile.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I need the cool air to clear my lungs, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the shock of wet grass </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">after the first frost,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the squishy snake of soft soil </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">curling between my toes.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I’ve been kidnapped</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">in a city of worry </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"> about my children</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">an airborn pattern</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">looping my mind </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">like these ravens</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">squawking and beating their wings</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">streaking the sky with black</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">fragments falling over my head</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I need a shovel to dig, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">some wood to stack, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">a broom to sweep, a toilet to scrub, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">a garden to weed.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I need the earth to kneel on</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the buzz-by joy</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">of the hummingbird</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the gaiety gossip of quail</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the warmth of the gilded sun</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">to melt this frozen chest.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I need to lean against the bamboo</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">and learn how to bend, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">how to trust the peeling bark of the redwood </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the guaranteed habitat for worms and grubs</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the basic instinct of a squirrel to gather</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the honey bee to pollinate. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I’ve lost the natural intelligence </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">of my true nature, doubting</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the light of my soul’s path</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">lost in the briars of not knowing.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I want my children to be happy</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">and safe</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">in a world that is dangerous and insane.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">I need to just stop</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">here</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">in the wild of my own back yard </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">admit what I can’t control</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">accept what is here </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">in this, the only moment-</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">a gift bounding toward me -</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">down the steps, just a few feet away</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">landing like a stone, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">this fox </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">and I</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">stunned like a still life </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">in the shock of morning light</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">its delicate head </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">tilts slightly, to get a sniff</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">front paw lifts</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">lasting</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">as long as any moment needs</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">to break the trance</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">change the world back into wonder</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">part the clouds</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">unlock the cage</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">its face, gives me the look of a child</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">then turns with a flip </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">flashing its tail </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">into the vanished woods,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">our racing hearts</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">shook the roots in the earth </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">touching the edge </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">of our joining</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">Mud between my toes </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">the empty bucket in my hand, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">Don’t worry, Mama,</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">do the dishes</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">wash the clothes, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;">It will be alright.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"><br></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Cambria; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"><span style="font-size: 34px;"> - Toni Bernbaum </span></p></div></div></div></body></html>