<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 dir="ltr"><div><img alt="CONTEMPLATION.png" src="cid:F1E457C6-2D9E-49A6-8540-63FE306698AC@attlocal.net"><img alt="DSC_0013.jpg" src="cid:D0789ABF-C1FB-4E74-B973-BFBC08635E70@attlocal.net"><img alt="TM +++ 231 copy.jpg" src="cid:2F061DA4-FF67-45E1-8D14-76DA956368EA@attlocal.net"><img alt="COPY2.png" src="cid:0FED3E80-0761-4B4B-9934-3E10254CC852@attlocal.net"><img alt="C29 2 i005.jpg" src="cid:8F7D0667-4CA6-4C31-B247-9D66FD51ADB4@attlocal.net"></div><div><br></div><br><div>This is the dead land<br>This is cactus land<br>Here the stone images<br>Are raised, here they receive<br>The supplication of a dead man's hand<br>Under the twinkle of a fading star. …<br><br>This is the way the world ends<br>This is the way the world ends<br>This is the way the world ends<br>Not with a bang but a whimper.<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>~e.e. cummings<br><br><br><span class="Apple-string-attachment"><img alt="clip_image002.png" src="blob:null/95c2f0f0-d9ec-42b6-8161-0e5f307d05ec" data-unique-identifier=""></span><br></div><br></div></div></body></html>