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And my final poem, again,
thank you for being here.

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It's called "Vows
for a Gay Wedding."

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And again, I really enjoyed
my class visit earlier.

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And they have a question
about this poem.

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And someone pointed out--

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I think he did--

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pointed out that it was
actually on page 69.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Wait, is it?

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And I thought maybe he
proceeded to ask the question.

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And I thought, wait, so you're
asking if it was intentional

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that I have my vows on page 69?

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But I did not.

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But anyways, thank you
guys for having me.

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[LAUGHTER]

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"Vows-- for a gay wedding."

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What was unforeseen is now
a bird orbiting this field.

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What wasn't a possibility
is present in our arms.

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It shall be and it
begins with you.

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Our often-misunderstood kind
of love deems dangerous.

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How it frightens and
confounds and enrages.

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How strange, unfamiliar.

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Our love carries all
those in the contrary.

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It is most incandescent.

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So, I vow to be brave.

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Clear a path through jungles
of shame and doubt and fear.

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I'm done with silence.

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I proclaim.

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It shall be and it
sings from within.

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Truly we are enraptured with
Whitmanesque urge and urgency.

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I vow to love in all seasons.

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When you're summer, I'm
watermelon balled up

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in a sky-blue bowl.

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When I'm autumn, you're
foliage ablaze in New England.

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When in winter, I am the
tender scarf of warm mercies.

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When in spring you are
the burgeoning buds.

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I vow to love you in all places.

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High plains, prairies,
hills and lowlands.

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In our dream-laid bed, cradled
in the nest of your neck.

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Deep in the plum.

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It shall be and
it flows with you.

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We'll leap over the waters
and barbaric rooftops.

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You embrace my
resilient metropolis.

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I adore your
nourishing wilderness.

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I vow to love you
in primal ways.

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I vow to love you
in infinite forms.

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In our separateness
and composites.

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To dust and stars
and the ever after.

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Intrepid travelers,
lovers, and family--

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we have arrived.

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Look.

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The bird has come home to roost.

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[APPLAUSE]

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