Alas, a poem for Anne

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The wind came up
The field grasses wavered
And bent on their stems
Two white butterflies
Flew through the meadow
Dancing around each other
Floating and flapping on the wind
They made their way
To the western edge
Then one white butterfly
Landed in the grass
And the other flew on alone
To the place where a long dead tree
Leaned on a living tree.

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Happy Anniversary to Us - 29 years and counting
Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Plans and hopes
Made up this thing
Random lucky breaks
And hard work and sweat

Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Happy children
Long days and sleepy nights
Words and looks
Things from books

Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Days of caring
Days of sharing
Lifetime legacy
After all this

Smiles and kisses
Dreams and schemes
Hopes and visions
Small changes
Big changes
Major setbacks
Lived through with grace and stamina

Smiles and kisses
Dreams
Dreams foregone and fulfilled
Schemes aplenty
But mostly simply
Being
Being together
Through all this

Smiles and kisses
Simple joys
Happy dinners
Sons all grown
All of them sharing
Smiles and kisses
Smiles and kisses
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Winning

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Power responds to power
Kindness responds to kindness
Civility responds to civility
When people exercise power
With kindness and civility
People win
All people
All of us will be satisfied
If we conduct ourselves
Powerfully
Kindly
Civilly

Potencia responde al poder
La bondad a la piedad
Civilidad responde a la civilidad
Nos pueblo ejerce el poder
con amabilidad y cortesía
Las personas ganan
Todos
Todos vamos a estar satisfechos
Si nos conducimos
Poderosamente
Amablemente
Civilmente

تستجيب السلطة إلى السلطة
اللطف يستجيب إلى اللطف
الكياسة وتستجيب لالكياسة
نحن شعب ممارسة السلطة
مع اللطف والكياسة
تربح الناس
كل الناس
وعلينا جميعا أن نرضى
إذا كان لنا أن نتصرف
بقوة
يرجى
بتهذيب

动力响应电源
善良回应恩情
礼貌回应文明
我们人民行使权力
用善良和礼貌
笼络人心
所有人
我们所有的人会感到满意
如果我们自己行为
有力
和蔼
民事

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