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The name is vital. Spell it right.
If you err, apologize and correct.
Then go on as the matter becomes
urgent, to speak poems that soar
from memory and emotion, rise
from history and experience.
Tonight let us bury doubt and fear.
Let us affirm that we will stand
together in body and soul before
the gates of hell and say get thee
behind. Stay where it is warm.
We will not be consumed.
We will live. Our children
will live. Our planet will live.