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OK, shall we start again?

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I'm going to read about
a dozen more poems.

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[AUDIENCE CHATTERING]

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This poem is called "Home
Town," and it's very,

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very freely adapted poem
suggested by a Tlingit Indian

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there in the Northwest coast.

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"Home Town."

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I'm grateful.

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Thank you.

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"My uncle is actually adrift
in a box on a pine plank.

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I voyage to the land of the
eagles, where I marry and grow

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fur.

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In my suit of feathers, I fly
to the township of complacency,

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where my uncle fishes.

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I seize him by the hair.

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'Vengeance!' I say.

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'Ayyee!' my uncle cries.

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His wife runs from the house,
grabs him by the ankle.

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With my new wings, I
pull them both along.

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My cousin comes from
the school house,

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catches the hem of
her mother's dress.

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'Vengeance!' I say.

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'Come down,' she answers.

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One by one, all the people
of that wretched town

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run out of their houses.

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They grab each other by ankles,
knees, trousers, shawls,

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dresses, fish lines,
toes, and members.

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Their wage is nothing
against the strength

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of my eagle's wings.

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I carry them, a great chain out
over the bay of forgetfulness

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and let go."

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