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And this next thing I'm going
to read is not as much of a poem

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as it is a policy.

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And I want you to
take it home with you.

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"One Who Knows."

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For a man to find out who he
is, he must stay in one place

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long enough to understand
nothing is left behind.

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I am the prophet at the edge
of burial grounds burning

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ceremonial masks, who embraces
a gospel so great its joy is

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best expressed in silence.

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Though my feet
are on the ground,

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my mind journeys
among the shadows

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of giants, whose great
hands hold no anger, where

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the intrepid
heartbeat of insects

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is cherished, where each
man is equally deserving,

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though his face remains unseen.

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I am the prophet who knows
nothing of fear or guile, who

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knows no matter what
scheme man devises,

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nothing can distract the
Earth from its resolute path.

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I am the man who knows the
names and ambitions of those

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who preach carnage
and wrath, who

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knows the terror within such
men, who was once such a man.

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I am the prophet
unscrewing the hinges

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from his door, whose
only law is love,

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the man kneeling to gather
his life from gardens

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and catacombs.

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I remove the stitches
from my eyes.

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My hands relax and
find themselves open.

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I breathe columns of
light into my lungs.

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Angels come to ask me questions.

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And when I speak, my
heart is on my lips.

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Thank you very much, people.

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[APPLAUSE]

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There are going to be some
refreshments around here

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any minute if you'll hang
around and meet the poets.

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Thanks a lot for coming.