The Morning Reading: "That's why we wake and look out"

Yes
- William Stafford

It could happen any time, tornado,
earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen.
Or sunshine, love, salvation.

It could you know. That's why we wake
and look out--no guarantees
in this life.

But some bonuses, like morning,
like right now, like noon,
like evening.

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image: the most beautiful tree in Modjeska Canyon, the chinaberry tree on Modjeska Canyon Road, photo by Roy Bauer.  The tree is beginning to bloom right now.