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I want to read a tiny
poem before I go back

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to the last poem, which
is another American poem,

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but again, something different.

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This is mythological in
some different sense.

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It's a poem, which is so short
that it's almost an aphorism.

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And it's just called
"Laughter," and it's

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the god, Laughter, speaking.

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The great gods are
blind or pretend to be.

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Finding that I am among men, I
opened my eyes and they shake.

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