<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Well stated, Jim.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 7:54 PM, isobeljimbish--- via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Thank you Milan, such excellent thoughts in poetry. <div>I agree with your words.😊🐨</div><div>I am just hanging in until Jan 2020. </div><div>Grace and peace are yours,</div><div>Isobel Bishop <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Isobel Bishop<div>Mob. 0412 129 425</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 1 Jan 2021, at 10:24 am, Milan Hamilton via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ode to 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">(Try singing this to ‘<i>O Tannenbaum’</i>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wish I could explain you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wish we could forget you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Election wars, pandemic cruel<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">How did the world survive you?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wish we could embalm you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">In wintertime, we sang and danced<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our stock portfolios quite enhanced<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then springtime came, our bubble burst<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And summer gave no respite.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">When autumn fell, we breathed a sigh<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">With Joe and Kamela riding high<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">But Trump refused to quit the race<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">He’ll hang around forever.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The frontline workers, heroes<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The year rolled on, the death toll rose<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our Pres. looked more like Nero<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Black lives mattered not so much<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Until George Floyd was murdered<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then some woke up to feel the pain<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And future hope revived again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We wish we could explain you<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2020, Oh 2020!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We wish we could redeem you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The climate crisis coming fast<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">With not much time before we pass<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh 2021, Oh 2021!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We hope you will forgive us!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Milan Hamilton<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">12 31 20<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>