<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Warned”</b> by Sylvia Stults</div><div><br></div><div>The sands of time have rendered fear</div><div>Blue skies on high no longer clear</div><div>Stars were bright whence they came</div><div>Now dimmed, obscured, pollution's haze</div><div><br></div><div>Crystal clear our waters gleamed</div><div>Fish abundant, rivers streamed</div><div>Ocean floors sandy white</div><div>Now littered, brown, pollution's plight</div><div><br></div><div>Trees towered high above</div><div>Trunks baring professed love</div><div>Birds chirping from sites unseen</div><div>Gone, paper joined pollution's team</div><div><br></div><div>One can't blame pollution alone</div><div>As they say, you reap what you've sown</div><div>So let us plant a better seed</div><div>Tear out old roots, cultivate, weed</div><div><br></div><div>Protect what has been given for free</div><div>Our waters, skies, wildlife and trees</div><div>For once they're gone, don't you say</div><div>Consider yourself warned of that fatal day.</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>