Emerg Infect DisEmerging Infect. DisEIDEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control and Prevention3371810AD-110710.3201/eid1107.AD1107Another DimensionAnother DimensionLandscapeLandscapeOliverMaryAddress for correspondence: EID Editor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop D61, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA; email: eideditor@cdc.gov7200511711031103Keywords: landscapeMary OliverPoemIsn't it plain the sheets of moss, except thatthey have no tongues, could lectureall day if they wanted aboutspiritual patience? Isn't it clearthe black oaks along the path are standingas though they were the most fragile of flowers?Every morning I walk like this aroundthe pond, thinking: if the doors of my heartever close, I am as good as dead.Every morning, so far, I'm alive. And nowthe crows break off from the rest of the darknessand burst up into the sky—as thoughall night they had thought of what they would liketheir lives to be, and imaginedtheir strong, thick wings.From Dream Work, copyright 1986 by Mary Oliver.
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Suggested Citation for this article: Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2005, May [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1107.AD1107