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This is the Tom Hartman program.

Good morning, everybody. This is the Tom Hartman program. I'm Jeff Smith sitting in.

From DH Lawrence, the town has opened to the sun like a flat red lily with a million petals.

She unfolds, she comes undone. A sharp sky brushes upon the myriad gathering chimney.

Is she gently exhales to the sun?

Herring creatures run down the labyrinth of the sinister flower.

What is it they shun?

A dark bird falls from the sun. It curves in a rush to the heart of the vast flower.

The day has begun. The day has begun, everybody. Welcome. Thank you for being here with us.

This is Tom Hartman show. And let's also start with a word from Emma Lazarus.

One maybe you have heard before.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame with conquering limbs astride from land to land.

Here at our seawash to sunset gates, she'll stand a mighty woman with torch.

Whose flame is the imprisoned lightning and her name, mother of exiles.

From her beacon hand glows worldwide, welcome. Her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor

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