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</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">There
is little to change in this piece. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It
is very tight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">It
handles the two major issues of the carona crises<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">very nicely, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">and
gives an alternative to how to live with it.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">poem
by Alice Jane-Marie Massa<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Salud.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">To
your Health!<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Toast
with a cup of herbal tea<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Or
soothing poetry.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Very
nice.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In
times of trouble,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">We
should gather together.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">However,
now we must practice,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">We
must perfect<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Social
distancing<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">And
weather this germ storm<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Very
clever play on wordsw.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Relatively
alone.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In
this world where too many<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Do
too much online,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">We
must now do more online.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I
don’t think you need<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">‘on line’ twice.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Yet,
have you seen the lines<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">For
toilet tissue at the supermarket?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">What
will happen if the supermarkets close?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Will
the National Guard deliver groceries?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">That’s
funny, and it presents a funny picture. What will we ever do without toilet
paper and without<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">sears Roebuck. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Hopefully
with rolls of toilet paper,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
will be writing poetry<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Because,
for me,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
like the way you have sprinkled rhymes throughout the poem.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Poetry
is therapy.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">When
I write poetry,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
lay aside my worry beads:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
focus only on the fancy and frivolity of the poem.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
words massage my tightened muscles.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
rhythm rolls me onto another shore.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
punctuation delights my spirit.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
revision is a tool I love to carve slowly.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
reading and re-reading of the verses embrace my soul.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In a
poem, I find home, love, memories, strength--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
strength to awaken to a world<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">that
will be a stranger to me.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <u>How
will the world be a stranger to you.<o:p></o:p></u></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Within
this new, changed, strange world--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
will social distance--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv3577725669msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">After
I dance with poetry.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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