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So I want to read, today, a
poem by Moses Jumper, called

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"Simplicity."

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So if you have the
book, it's on page 394,

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if you want to follow along.

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"The small tunnel,
which the rabbit

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uses for escape and travel.

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The small imprints of a
killdeer in the soft white sand

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near the pond.

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The fragileness of
the newborn doves,

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and how the mother
puts on an act

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to lure away
approaching enemies.

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The unity of the small minnows
as they protect themselves

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by straying near the
shoreline of the stream.

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The clear whistling sound the
scorpion makes, to let one

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know he's near.

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The shagginess of owl's
nest, and the neatness

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of the hummingbirds.

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The long, graceful jumps
of the sleek, green frog.

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The short, choppy hops
of the lumpy toad.

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The agileness and
grace of the otter.

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The awkward wing-flapping
of the crane.

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The camouflage nest of the
mobile alligator, and the will

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to reach the water of her young.

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The winding tunnels that lead
to nowhere of the sly red fox.

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The abundance of life in the wet
season, and stench of the death

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in the dry.

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The persistence
of the mother hog

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to nudge her young
to make that flight.

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I saw all these
things and many more.

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And I know they were right."

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