<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div><b>Community</b></div><div><br></div><div>by David Hatton</div><div><br></div><div>Awakened to it from the womb</div><div> And nurtured by it at the breast,</div><div>Dependent on it till the tomb,</div><div> Our need beyond a cozy nest!</div><div>Of leaves and limbs, the mother tree:</div><div> Community—Community!</div><div><br></div><div>We learned from others, not alone.</div><div> Our single self is not the rule!</div><div>Upon a high and haughty throne,</div><div> A reigning soul will play the fool</div><div>By treating with audacity</div><div> Community—Community!</div><div><br></div><div>We find it not in mirrored looks</div><div> Or journals penned by our own hands.</div><div>It thrives from reading ancient books,</div><div> Connecting us by global bands</div><div>To timeless waves of history:</div><div> Community—Community!</div><div><br></div><div>It twirls within our work and walk,</div><div> An earning-spending form of dance.</div><div>It sings in chorus, lives in talk</div><div> With those we meet by date or chance.</div><div>This deep and daily mystery?</div><div> Community—Community!</div><div><br></div><div>Life interwoven never roams</div><div> As isolated, island deeds.</div><div>Our neighborhoods, our schools, our homes,</div><div> All ties of labor, commerce, creeds,</div><div>Announce one human destiny:</div><div> Community—Community!</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><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></body></html>