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<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#339999" VLINK="#006699" ALINK="#9933FF">  <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR VALIGN="top">  <TD WIDTH="16"><IMG SRC="../images/spacer16w.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><BR><IMG SRC="../images/kaleoelise.jpg" WIDTH="352" HEIGHT="42" BORDER="0" ALT="Kaleo Ching & Elise Dirlam-Ching"><BR> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#999999"> <B>When the Rain Begins</B></FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE="2" FACE="verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans serif">Mixed media painting by Kaleo Ching<BR> Poem by Elise Dirlam-Ching</FONT></P> </TD>  <TD WIDTH="16"><IMG SRC="../images/spacer16w.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>  <TD WIDTH="16"><IMG SRC="../images/spacer16w.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><BR><A HREF="../gallery.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../images/back.jpg" WIDTH="59" HEIGHT="27" BORDER="0" ALT="back to thumbnails"></A> </TD>  <TD WIDTH="16"><IMG SRC="../images/spacer16w.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD>  <TD WIDTH="16"><IMG SRC="../images/spacer16w.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><BR><A HREF="peleslair.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../images/prev.jpg" WIDTH="34" HEIGHT="27" BORDER="0" ALT="previous artwork"></A> </TD> <TD><BR><A HREF="wuji.html" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="../images/next.jpg" WIDTH="34" HEIGHT="27" BORDER="0" ALT="next artwork"></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE>  <BR>  <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR VALIGN="top">  <TD WIDTH="16"><IMG SRC="../images/spacer16w.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD > <IMG SRC="../images/paintings/whentherainbegins.jpg" WIDTH="549" HEIGHT="367" BORDER="0"><P> </TD>  <TD WIDTH="72"><IMG SRC="../images/spacer54w.gif" WIDTH="54" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" NOWRAP> <BR> <P> <FONT SIZE="3" FACE="verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans serif">When the Rain Begins</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans serif"> I say not to worry.<BR> One year there was no harvest.<BR> One night Earth ripped apart<BR> like the gut of a sick deer.<BR> One moment I saw myself <BR> in the eye of the Moon<BR> and I was afraid:<BR> she is being licked away<BR> by black mouth of Heaven<BR> and next to her this life<BR> is a small dry stick burning.<BR> <BR> One year the Bear plunged among us mad<BR> and tore many lives before the arrow stopped his pain.<BR> I cried for us and for the Bear.<BR> One day Ocean came across the land to our doorways<BR> took some of us to feed his creatures<BR> sent the rest into the mountains<BR> leaving new Gods among us.<BR> One moment I looked down the chasm of the past<BR> into the red river of my birth<BR> and readied myself <BR> to leave my children and their children. <BR> <BR> I grow old.<BR> Sun has clawed my face <BR> and Earth has bent my spine.<BR> My eyes are clouded moons.<BR> My ears are closed to song and terror.<BR> Lay me in a plain canoe without ceremony.<BR> When the Moon is hidden and the rain begins<BR> give me to the River<BR> to the whims of stones and currents<BR> and a violence that is natural and becoming.</FONT></P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE>  <BR> <BR> <BR> <CENTER><FONT FACE="verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, sans serif" SIZE="1" COLOR="#999999"> <A HREF="../index.html" TARGET="_top">Home</A>  ::  <A HREF="../classes.html" TARGET="_top">Classes & Workshops</A>  ::  <A HREF="../calendar.html" TARGET="_top">Calendar</A>  ::  <A HREF="../bodycare.html" TARGET="_top">BodyCare</A>  ::  <A HREF="../gallery.html" TARGET="_top">Gallery</A> <BR> <A HREF="../intro.html" TARGET="_top">Introduction</A>  ::  <A HREF="../testimonials.html" TARGET="_top">Testimonials</A>  ::  <A HREF="../books.html" TARGET="_top">Books & Videos</A>  ::  <A HREF="../contact.html" TARGET="_top">Contact</A>  ::  <A HREF="../copyright.html" TARGET="_top">Copyright</A> </FONT></CENTER> </BODY>