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So here's a little short
one called "Valediction."

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This is in a sense that
same thing I was talking

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about while ago, forgetting,
or disintegrating or something

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like that.

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It's one of those--

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poems about addiction
is of course

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a farewell address and this
is a kind of farewell thing.

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But don't get your hopes up, it
isn't the end of the reading.

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Another two more
poems after this.

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Valediction.

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I who witnessed the nails
desire for a blind hammer,

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and kept account books of
rain have gone through the day

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without hope.

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What an accomplishment.

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Now I can drop my
eyes like stones

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into the black water of night.

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I am taking myself
apart like a puzzle.

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This must be an ear.

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This must be a piece
of my coat or is it

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sky which there is so much
of and all the same color.

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I am resigning from my shoes.

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They are worn out
and will fit anybody.

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Whoever wears them his
job will be to harvest

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the delicate shells of walnuts.

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He must remember the signals.

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How to speak to the ducks
about their carelessness.

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How to remind trees they have
a certain responsibility.

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He must prevent the sleepy road
from stumbling into the river,

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and watch for tiny fish
who swim past carrying

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great burdens of light.

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I'll read just two more.

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