<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><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; font-weight: normal;"><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; font-weight: normal;">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; font-weight: normal;"><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; font-weight: normal;">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><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">He did not know I saw –</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">He bit an Angle Worm in halves</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><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">And ate the fellow, raw,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><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; font-weight: normal;"><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; 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; font-weight: normal;">And then, he drank a Dew</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">From a convenient Grass –</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">And then hopped sidewise to the Wall</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><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">To let a Beetle pass –</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></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; font-weight: normal;"><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; 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; font-weight: normal;">He glanced with rapid eyes,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">That hurried all abroad –</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">He stirred his Velvet Head. –</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></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; font-weight: normal;"><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; 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; font-weight: normal;">Like one in danger, Cautious,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">I offered him a Crumb,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">And he unrolled his feathers,</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><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">And rowed him softer Home –</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></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; font-weight: normal;"><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; 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; font-weight: normal;">Than Oars divide the Ocean,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">Too silver for a seam,</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,</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><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><br></span></b><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; font-weight: normal;">Leap, plashless as they swim.</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"><o:p></o:p></span></b></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. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>