<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;"><a name="_GoBack"></a>Human Family -<font style="font-size: 10pt;"> Branscomb </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">to Lillia</font></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;"><br></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">Oh, to lie on a bed of feathers and furs,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">reclining</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">in the grip of a gentle sickness</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">that holds you in a mantle of vagueness,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">a kindly forgetfulness of who you are</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">tranquil,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">in a loft above the living space </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">where a crackling fire </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">gathers friends and relatives </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">around board games </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">and friendly chats.</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;"></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">Oh to be there, invisible </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">but part of it all,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">unaccounted for </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">but loving and loved,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">exempted from all duties and exchanges.</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;"><br></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">Oh to rest in this place of non-identity</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">accepted by all who love you more than ever</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">because of that sickness that removes you, </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">but is not worrisome,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">knowing that your warm body </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">is healing in the softest of beds, </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;"><br></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">No worry you’ll come down tomorrow </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">or next day </p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">to join in the fun</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">but until then you need peace and rest,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">the warmth from the fireplace rising to you</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">as you recline,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">embraced but the sweet chatter below</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">taking part but not part of it,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">in the world but not of it,</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">just a friend lying in a bed of forgiveness</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">a mother who has forgiven all.</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;"><br></p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">And all you have to do</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">is let the purring inside you</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">radiate and take many fanciful forms</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">as you go younger</p><p class="western" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; line-height: 16px; widows: 2; background: none; font-size: medium;">unto your death.</p></body></html>