Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg place flowers

Summary: Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg place flowers in the ground zero reflecting pool in New York City New York Friday September 11 2009 Official White House Photo by David Lienemann Wild Geese You do not have to be good You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves Tell me about despair yours and I will tell you mine Meanwhile the world goes on Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes over the prairies and the deep trees the mountains and the rivers Meanwhile the wild geese high in the clean blue air are heading home again Whoever you are no matter how lonely the world offers itself to your imagination calls to you like the wild geese harsh and exciting 8212 over and over announcing your placein the family of things Mary Oliver Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg place flowers in the ground zero reflecting pool in New York City New York Friday September 11 2009 Official White House Photo by David Lienemann Wild Geese You do not have to be good You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves Tell me about despair yours and I will tell you mine Meanwhile the world goes on Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes over the prairies and the deep trees the mountains and the rivers Meanwhile the wild geese high in the clean blue air are heading home again Whoever you are no matter how lonely the world offers itself to your imagination calls to you like the wild geese harsh and exciting 8212 over and over announcing your placein the family of things Mary Oliver

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