<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53);">It Couldn't Be Done</span></b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h1 class="entry-title fn poem-title-space" itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; padding: 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(84, 130, 53);"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">by </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Edgar Guest</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b><br></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Somebody said that it couldn’t be done <br> But he with a chuckle replied <br>That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one <br> Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. <br>So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin <br> On his face. If he worried he hid it. <br>He started to sing as he tackled the thing <br> That couldn’t be done, and he did it! <br><br>Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that; <br> At least no one ever has done it;"<br>But he took off his coat and he took off his hat <br> And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. <br>With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, <br> Without any doubting or quiddit, <br>He started to sing as he tackled the thing <br> That couldn't be done, and he did it. <br><br>There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, <br> There are thousands to prophesy failure, <br>There are thousands to point out to you one by one, <br> The dangers that wait to assail you. <br>But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, <br> Just take off your coat and go to it; <br>Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing <br> That "cannot be done," and you'll do it</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">—————————————-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares</font></a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.” - Roy E. Stolworthy</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p></h1><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>