<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“An Offer From the Oval Office to Open the Federal Government”</b></div><div>by Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet</div><div><br></div><div>The government opens, concluding this brawl. </div><div>The fate of the Dreamers is tied to The Wall. </div><div>This offer by Trump is that he would arrange </div><div>What simply amounts to a hostage exchange. </div><div>The federal workers, about whom we’ve read, </div><div>Are freed, and the Dreamers are taken instead.</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>