When I get depressed about what is going on in the world, I tend to write poetry and song lyrics. I've been writing a lot of poetry lately. I am attaching one I have been working on for about a week called Great Expectations. I read it to my writing group today after which there was a definite period of silence. No response either from Marvin, my MAGA friend/nemesis on my right. It came out of a memory of a poem written by Thich Nhat Hanh during the Vietnam war, which brought up thoughts of our departed colleague Larry Ward. The song came up because Linda has been after me to write singable lyrics for some of our Song Book songs. It is called For Earth--For Life. The lyrics are actually singable with the Tune Country Roads (aka All the Earth Belongs to All). But I tried to get something still singable that wasn't tied to the "good old songs" we all sang. So I just wanted to share these with those who care. It can get lonely out there sometimes. Mellow Milan Hamilton 80 North Center Street Redlands, CA 92373 Phone: (909) 943-1667 email: mellowmilan2@gmail.com