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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a poem for next week. I did an exercise that Abbie and valerie posted on the list, but I left the letters on the beginning of my words. I’ll also attach this, since line breaks don’t alwayse transfer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Without the Letter M<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There wouldn't be any money,<br>so I wouldn't need to go to work and make a living.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The dispatcher at the cab company wouldn't begin his apology with,<br>"So sorry Mary. I forget it's Monday."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wouldn't work with mumbling, entitled, moody millennials whose<br>mothers attempt to speak for them. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wouldn't receive messages from students and faculty<br>that lead to hours of detective work.<br>Mental muscles work overtime to<br>unravel his story, her story, and<br>details from someone else to find the truth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wouldn't need to attend meetings where we waste<br>hours, while someone always monopolizes, and<br>nobody wants to take minutes, .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Memos about policies designed to<br>consume time or reduce the budget<br>wouldn't fill my in box.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But, without the letter M:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There wouldn't be muggy summer nights,<br>when the insects and frogs are so loud,<br>it sounds like someone turned the night on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wouldn't have lazy weekend mornings,<br>made for sleeping in and not rushing anywhere.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would have never experienced a surprise March snow storm,<br>that close down everything in town,<br>keeping us inside with Hands curled around mugs of hot coco?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wouldn’t have mornings in late May,<br>when the sun and I rise at the same time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wouldn't have music to fill my ears,<br>as I clean, work out, or drift off to sleep.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My world would have never been expanded by<br>Microsoft, the Internet or the Mac.<br>I can't fathom life without email,<br>and the many ways to read, share, and process words.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Without the letter M,<br>there wouldn't be me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>