<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;"><p class="ydp82f633e5yiv1623300738MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px;"><font size="5" style="font-size: 22px;"><span lang="EN-US">Thank You <br></span><i><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></i></font></p><font size="5" style="font-size: 22px;"><span lang="EN-US">If you find yourself half naked</span><br><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">and barefoot in the frosty grass, hearing,</span><br><span lang="EN-US">again, the earth's great, sonorous moan that says</span><br><span lang="EN-US">you are the air of the now and gone, that says</span><br><span lang="EN-US">all you love will turn to dust,</span><br><span lang="EN-US">and will meet you there, do not</span><br><span lang="EN-US">raise your fist. Do not raise</span><br><span lang="EN-US">your small voice against it. And do not</span><br><span lang="EN-US">take cover. Instead, curl your toes</span><br><span lang="EN-US">into the grass, watch the cloud</span><br><span lang="EN-US">ascending from your lips. Walk</span><br><span lang="EN-US">through the garden's dormant splendor.</span><br><span lang="EN-US">Say only, thank you.</span><br><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">Thank you.</span></font><p class="ydp82f633e5yiv1623300738MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="5" style="font-size: 22px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Ross Gay</font></span></p></div></body></html>