To all who need them:

Thoughts and prayers from the legislatures.
Thoughts and prayers from the donors.
Thoughts and prayers from the councils.
Thoughts and prayers from the courts.
Thoughts and prayers from the boards.
Thoughts and prayers from the embassies.
Thoughts and prayers from the churches.
Thoughts and prayers from the armories.
Thoughts and prayers from artificial intelligence.
Thoughts and prayers from air, land and sea.
Thoughts and prayers from you and me.

If you say all the words out loud, it works.

This is neither the time nor the place to record that I’m loath to divulge where, but have just encountered Aldous Huxley’s phrase “batrachian grappling.” It will haunt my day.

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