<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ballastexistenz]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Mel Baggs]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/author/ameliabaggs/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Lock and Key]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>If I could hand you just one thing<br />
It would be a Mason jar<br />
Filled with mud<br />
Collected at twilight<br />
On a rainy day<br />
From the ground<br />
Underneath a nurse log<br />
In a redwood forest<br />
In San Mateo County</p>
<p>If I possessed this Mason jar<br />
It would be my most prized possession<br />
I would sleep curled around it<br />
Every night, all night long<br />
I would keep it always<br />
Closed up tight as it could close</p>
<p>And I would hand it to you<br />
So that you could see all my secrets</p>
<p>Because only a trustworthy person<br />
Would be able to find my deepest<br />
And most beautiful secrets<br />
In an old Mason jar full of mud</p>
<p>Anyone not fit to find them<br />
Would never see them in the first place</p>
<p>Mud is the perfect lock and key to my soul</p>
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