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RESTORING ORDER to the UNIVERSE
It did not matter
How many tears she shed
Or how practical a life she led,
With this one death
She was sure there would never be
Anyone left to restore
Order to her Universe!

Re: The untimely, unexpected death of Mrs. Gloria
J. Gardner, widow.
By Linda Amos, honoring her mother

THE OWL
The owl is said to be "Old and Wise,"
I wonder who told such awful lies.
A bird who flies at night is he,
With eyes so wide that he can see
His supper is some little mice.
He swoops and shrieks, how very nice.
If you are an owl, of course, my friend
This kind of action you will tend.
But you can take a cue or two
From this old hoot owl, who--
Stares silently into starry skies,
And startled on a fence, then flies
Away into the dark of night,
Like a phantom, away from light.
By Jeanne Mancini

THE OLD FARMER
The old farmer, old and bent, surveyed his field.
"Thank you, oh God," he prayed at he kneeled,
"That I could spend my life upon this land.
The corn I've planted, so tall it stands;
Golden wheat, waving in the breeze.
A good life I've had," he said, upon his knees.
In the orchard, apples red and ripe to pick ...
The farmer stood and leaned upon his stick.
Soon his final harvest will be here;
The old farmer silently shed a tear,
But God comforted him with a smile.
"In heavenly fields you'll farm again, in just a while."

DON'T WE KNOW IT!
The typographical error is a slippery thing and sly;
You can hunt it `til you're dizzy, but it somehow will get by.
`Til the forms are off the presses, it is strange how still it sleeps;
It shrinks down in a corner, and it never stirs or peeps.
That typographical error is too small for human eyes;
`Til the ink is on the paper, when it grows to mountain size.
The remainder of the issue may be as clean as clean can be;
But the typographical error is the only thing they'll see.
Submitted by Bette Jones