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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hey Chris-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s one of those poems that either resonates or not. It could hold meaning regarding love, pain, the relationship between the two, or even the play on words painting a picture of eeriness and foreshadowing. If I could still draw, it might be a rendering of a bird of prey diving toward a small deer or rabbit. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Annie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Kuell via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 1, 2022 4:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> ckuell@comcast.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] a poem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey Annie,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I’m being honest, I don’t really get this poem. However, I’m admittedly a bit of a dullard, and I’m going to save it and read it a few more times and see what I can make of it. And I do thank you for sharing—one last poem for 2021. All the best in the new year!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ann Chiappetta via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 31, 2021 7:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:anniecms64@gmail.com">anniecms64@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Stylist] a poem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Faith of Mammals <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By Ann Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would you love me if I drank your water<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Like the quaking prey, eyes darting <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graceful neck outstretched<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nostrils flared patrolling <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the shaggy cunning<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>predators of the mists?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would you love me if I hungered for more than mere water and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dove, driving talons into flesh and carried it to the Airy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sating the raptor in my heart?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would you love me still <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I drank of your water, washed my body in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Your sanctified splashes, rinsing the taint of sin from my skin?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would you<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Love me still?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2021<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Ann M. Chiappetta, M.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Making Meaningful ConnectionsThrough Media <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>914.393.6605 USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Anniecms64@gmail.com">Anniecms64@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All things Annie: <a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com">www.annchiappetta.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>