<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.04em; text-transform: uppercase; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">A BIRD CAME DOWN THE WALK</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">by Emily Dickinson</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">A Bird, came down the Walk –</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">He did not know I saw –</span></strong><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">He bit an Angle Worm in halves</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">And ate the fellow, raw,<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-position: 0px 0px;"><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">And then, he drank a Dew</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">From a convenient Grass –</span></strong><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">And then hopped sidewise to the Wall</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">To let a Beetle pass –<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-position: 0px 0px;"><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">He glanced with rapid eyes,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">That hurried all abroad –</span></strong><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,</span></strong><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">He stirred his Velvet Head. –<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-position: 0px 0px;"><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Like one in danger, Cautious,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">I offered him a Crumb,</span></strong><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">And he unrolled his feathers,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">And rowed him softer Home –<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); background-position: 0px 0px;"><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Than Oars divide the Ocean,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Too silver for a seam,</span></strong><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><br><strong style="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Leap, plashless as they swim.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></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><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></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>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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