An image growing, Sheila, & sharpening as it does.
The you both individual & all, & so too that parade.
The address a hope, a wish, returning, like the weather whether or not.
(And wishing you & all the USAmericans here a good day despite all…).
Doug
> On Jul 3, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Backbend becomes a way of life.
> The arch, a shortcut people take for granted.
> You hold that pose,
> forget the traffic,
>
> notice the new routine.
> Your flexibility and your firmness
> get along, according to observers,
> who think you infrastructure
>
> that accommodates
> their small parades.
> You play a part
> in famous people's goals,
>
> the world's easiest individual
> to know, to ask, and to depend on.
> Someone usual as rain,
> as winter snow.
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
Douglas Barbour
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