<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Joan sub for April<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Joan, this is profound. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">I am not sure why, but I know it is. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">First of all, it is filled with Oposites. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The title is <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>composed of opposites.
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The 3 people are all grieving, <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">though I’m not sure whether they are working through it. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">They are all isolated for different reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The old man<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>is choked with
his memories. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">He can’t see beyond what he has lost. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The old man has <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>souvenirs. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Perhaps they are metaphors of memories of what is lost. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">He is focused on that. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The young man<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>carries a
bottle<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>which is<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>both a beautiful flower and a thistle. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Pherhaps his love life is like that. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Perhaps his love was thorney and toxic. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Perhaps it still is.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">It has him tied up. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The woman is focused on self.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">She is tso <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>involved in self
that she is isolated from all others. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">They are all wearing celephane . <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">It’s supposed to protect them from the isolation. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">But the rain is too intense for them to see each other. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">If they could, it might be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Desert Rain</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;background:white">by Joan Myles</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">three people head into the desert</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the old man’s pockets bulge with souvenirs</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the young man’s pilsner is never empty </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the woman lives two thousand miles away</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">three people in  cellophane overcoats</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the old man’s love strangles his heart</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the young man’s love juggles tulips and thistles</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the woman’s love peers through a telescope inward</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">three people treading solitude</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the old man is filled with remembering</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the young man is filled with forgetting</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">the woman is filled with being</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">three people head into griefs desert</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">side by side without seeing</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">without hearing without knowing the others are there</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">because the rain is too dense</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div>