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<div class="">On Dec 13, 2019, at 6:28 AM, John E Simmons <<a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com" class="">simmons.johne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<a name="_Hlk24509051" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">In Which St. Entropy Becomes Confounded by Literary Conjunctions</span></b></a><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">‘Twas the night before Christmas, with nothing crepusculous</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Except for a few daring, tiny
<i class="">Mus musculus</i>.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Throughout the museum, from basement to attic,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">All was quiet and peaceful, with no hint of static.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The stockings were stuffed in the chimney with care</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">In hopes of impeding incoming cold air.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The curators were nestled all snug, just like chickens,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">As I settled down with my copy of Dickens.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Not
<i class="">A Tale of Two Cities</i> or <i class="">Great Expectorations</i>—</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">A Christmas Carol</span></i></span><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> suited my night’s aspirations.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Not a creature was stirring in holly-tree or thicket</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">(Though, out toward the hearth, I did hear a cricket).</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">When, out on the drive, there arose such commotion</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">I sprang to my feet (pure poetry in motion)</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And away to the window I flew like The Flash,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The moon on the breast of the newly plowed snow</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Reminded me that my car was buried below.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">When, what to my watering eyes should appear,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">But a Victorian sleigh and eight steampunk reindeer.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">More rapid than vultures the coursers they flew</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">As if food, glorious food, had just come into view.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">But… the little old driver… he looked just like Scrooge!</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">What was the meaning of this subterfuge?</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And then in a twinkling (he moved fast for a geezer)</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Standing in front of me was old Ebenezer.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">“What’s the meaning of this?” I sputtered, afright.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Eb said “You’re due for some visits tonight.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Your museum is in for a strange trip—stand fast!”</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And then I saw the spectre of Museums Past.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Such lovely old places! And oh, so attractive!</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">No bells, no whistles, and no interactives!</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The light was all golden. The cases were glass.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">So much to see, and so much room to pass.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">There were labels aplenty, all tidy and neat.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">You had to admit: it all looked very sweet.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">But, before I could dwell on this scene, oh, so pleasant,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">It was replaced by the ghost of Museums Present.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The exhibits were spacious, but the objects were few</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">(and down in the café, there was coffee to brew).</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The labels I saw I could not comprehend</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">But at least they were worded so not to offend.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">There were directors, vice directors, vice-vice directors galore,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">But the collection care staffing was, well, very poor.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">“Where are the specimens?” I asked with concern</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">As to old Ebenezer I slowly did turn.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">He just shook his head, then picked up a hatchet</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">“They all have to go,” he said, “Sorry ‘bout that, Cratchit.”</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The image then changed, and I was feeling quite numb.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">It was the much-dreaded specter of Museums Yet to Come.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The hallways were vast, the floors were all sparkling,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And visitors paid for both admission and parking.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">It was all automated: there was no need for staff.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Just a couple of robots (they were named Riff and Raff).</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The things on exhibit all seemed newly minted</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">As well they should—they were all 3D printed.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">A lone curator appeared, with a face oh, so grim:</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The museum had just pink-slipped poor old Tiny Tim!</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Something had to be done in this bleak house, indeed,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Hard times or not, the museum was in need.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Was this really the future, with exhibitions so dull,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Trapped in a boring, intellectual lull?</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">We mustn’t forget what museums are at heart--</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Sharing objects with people is our greatest of arts.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">This old curiosity shop could not come to an end!</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">So… I called on the Santaphone to our mutual friend.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">St Entropy answered my plea like an ace</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And, being all magic, showed up at our place</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Within seconds of hearing the chimes of the call,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Bringing with him, not some of our memories, but all!</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">He brought back dioramas, and returned the text,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And all the collections and curators next.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The ledgers, the labels, the tags, and the cases</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Were all instantly back in their long-standing places.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The heart of the museum was restored in the clinch.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">(I might have read Dickens, but the Saint read
<i class="">The Grinch</i>).</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And being a Saint, he gave Scrooge a ride,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">To wherever it is that old Scrooges abide.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">They sprang to the sleigh and both gave a whistle</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">As together they flew like the down of a thistle.</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">I heard them exclaim (as is worth recollection)</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">“The key to the future is to use the collection!”</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">And they and their dear deer called out as they flew,</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">“Merry Christmas to all—and to all museums, too!”</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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<span class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">John Simmons and Sally Shelton wish all two of our supporters the happiest of holiday seasons on this occasion, the thirtieth of these poems. </span></i></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span class=""></span></span></span></div>
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