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Well, I think I'll read all
about four or more fairly

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short poems.

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These are older poems from
my book, The Lost Pilot.

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As long as I'm reading
filth, I might as well

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read this one called "Coming
Down Cleveland Avenue."

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The fumes from all kinds of
machines have dirtied the snow.

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You proposed to polish it.

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The miles between
home and wherever

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you and your Lily of a
woman might go, you go.

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Pale brush and
suds scrubbing down

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Cleveland Avenue toward
the Hartford Life Insurance

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Company.

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No one appreciates your effort
and one important character

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calls you a baboon but
pretty soon, your darling

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jumps out of an
elevator and kisses

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you and you sing and tell her to
walk the White Plains proudly.

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At one point, you even lay
down your coat and she in turn

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puts hers down for you.

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And you put your shirt down and
she her blouse and your pants

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and her skirt, shoes, removes
her lavender underwear

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and you slip into
her proud white skin.

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[LAUGHTER]

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It seemed like a little boy
tinkling about four rooms away.

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[LAUGHTER]

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