<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“A Prayer for the 21st Century”</b> by John Marsden</div><div><br></div><div>May the road be free for the journey, </div><div>May it lead where it promised it would, </div><div>May the stars that gave ancient bearings </div><div>Be seen, still be understood </div><div>May every aircraft fly safely, </div><div>May every traveler be found, </div><div>May sailors in crossing the ocean </div><div>Not hear the cries of the drowned </div><div>May gardens be wild like jungles, </div><div>May nature never be tamed, </div><div>May dangers create of us heroes, </div><div>May fears always have names, </div><div>May the mountains stand to remind us, </div><div>Of what it means to be young </div><div>May we be outlived by our daughters, </div><div>May we be outlived by our sons </div><div>May the bombs rust away in the bunkers, </div><div>And the doomsday clock not be rewound </div><div>May the solitary scientists, working </div><div>Remember the holes in the ground </div><div>May the knife remain in the holder, </div><div>May the bullet stay in the gun, </div><div>May those who live in the shadows </div><div>Be seen by those in the sun.</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>