WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.810 align:middle line:90% 00:00:11.810 --> 00:00:14.105 align:middle line:84% The other poem is about my mother's brother. 00:00:14.105 --> 00:00:17.980 align:middle line:90% 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:23.290 align:middle line:84% This is the other poem that's always on request, 00:00:23.290 --> 00:00:28.750 align:middle line:84% and it's a poem that Bill Shatner of Star Trek fame 00:00:28.750 --> 00:00:31.555 align:middle line:84% read at a poetry festival in Las Vegas. 00:00:31.555 --> 00:00:33.400 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:35.330 align:middle line:90% This was when I lived in Kansas. 00:00:35.330 --> 00:00:40.750 align:middle line:84% And he called and left a message on my answering machine. 00:00:40.750 --> 00:00:43.670 align:middle line:84% And he said, this is Bill Shatner and I want this. 00:00:43.670 --> 00:00:44.735 align:middle line:90% I want to read your poem. 00:00:44.735 --> 00:00:45.610 align:middle line:90% And I listened to it. 00:00:45.610 --> 00:00:47.410 align:middle line:84% And I thought, I don't know who that is. 00:00:47.410 --> 00:00:49.750 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:49.750 --> 00:00:53.930 align:middle line:84% And I thought if he's serious, he'll call back again. 00:00:53.930 --> 00:00:56.140 align:middle line:90% So this was before email. 00:00:56.140 --> 00:00:57.790 align:middle line:84% And my husband came home from work, 00:00:57.790 --> 00:00:59.290 align:middle line:90% and he listened to the messages. 00:00:59.290 --> 00:01:00.970 align:middle line:90% And he said, did you hear that? 00:01:00.970 --> 00:01:03.100 align:middle line:90% That's Bill Shatner. 00:01:03.100 --> 00:01:04.330 align:middle line:90% And I said, really? 00:01:04.330 --> 00:01:05.830 align:middle line:90% And yeah, he was real. 00:01:05.830 --> 00:01:08.540 align:middle line:84% He got all excited saying, did you call him back? 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:09.630 align:middle line:90% And I said, no. 00:01:09.630 --> 00:01:11.380 align:middle line:90% I don't know who that is. 00:01:11.380 --> 00:01:12.500 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:15.040 align:middle line:84% And he's telling me, that's Star Trek. 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:16.310 align:middle line:90% That's Captain Kirk. 00:01:16.310 --> 00:01:17.950 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:17.950 --> 00:01:23.260 align:middle line:84% [LAUGHS] And I said, oh, I might know then. 00:01:23.260 --> 00:01:29.750 align:middle line:84% So anyway I called him back, and then he told me what he wanted. 00:01:29.750 --> 00:01:33.220 align:middle line:84% And so I talked to his assistant. 00:01:33.220 --> 00:01:36.055 align:middle line:84% And then, he called me back later. 00:01:36.055 --> 00:01:39.550 align:middle line:90% 00:01:39.550 --> 00:01:42.490 align:middle line:84% He called me, and I answered the phone. 00:01:42.490 --> 00:01:44.630 align:middle line:90% And I didn't know him. 00:01:44.630 --> 00:01:49.780 align:middle line:84% And I'm of that generation that calls everybody Mr. or Miss. 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:51.730 align:middle line:90% So I was calling him Mr Shatner. 00:01:51.730 --> 00:01:53.980 align:middle line:84% And he said, oh please, call me Bill. 00:01:53.980 --> 00:01:59.920 align:middle line:84% [LAUGHS] So that's how I became acquainted with Bill Shatner. 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:02.140 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:02.140 --> 00:02:04.180 align:middle line:84% And this is the poem that he read. 00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:06.580 align:middle line:90% I didn't ever hear that version. 00:02:06.580 --> 00:02:09.520 align:middle line:84% That would be interesting to hear. 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:13.480 align:middle line:84% This is called "Hills Brothers Coffee." 00:02:13.480 --> 00:02:16.090 align:middle line:90% My uncle is a small man. 00:02:16.090 --> 00:02:20.830 align:middle line:84% In Navajo, we call him "shidá'i," my mother's brother. 00:02:20.830 --> 00:02:24.760 align:middle line:84% He doesn't know English, but his name in the white way 00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:26.740 align:middle line:90% is Tom Jim. 00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:32.020 align:middle line:84% He lives about a mile or so down the road from our house. 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:36.490 align:middle line:84% One morning, he sat in the kitchen drinking coffee. 00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:39.490 align:middle line:90% I just came over, he said. 00:02:39.490 --> 00:02:42.970 align:middle line:90% The store is where I'm going to. 00:02:42.970 --> 00:02:45.490 align:middle line:84% He tells me about how my mother seems to be 00:02:45.490 --> 00:02:49.000 align:middle line:90% gone every time he comes over. 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:54.130 align:middle line:84% Maybe she sees me coming, then runs and jumps in her car. 00:02:54.130 --> 00:02:57.790 align:middle line:84% And speeds away, he said smiling. 00:02:57.790 --> 00:03:03.128 align:middle line:84% We both laugh, just to think of my mother jumping in her car 00:03:03.128 --> 00:03:03.670 align:middle line:90% and speeding. 00:03:03.670 --> 00:03:05.320 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:03:05.320 --> 00:03:09.550 align:middle line:84% I pour him more coffee, and he spoons in sugar and cream 00:03:09.550 --> 00:03:13.540 align:middle line:84% until it looks almost like a chocolate shake. 00:03:13.540 --> 00:03:16.450 align:middle line:90% Then, he sees the coffee can. 00:03:16.450 --> 00:03:21.400 align:middle line:84% Oh, that's that coffee with the man in a dress, 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:24.110 align:middle line:90% like a churchman. 00:03:24.110 --> 00:03:28.210 align:middle line:84% Ah, that's the one that does it for me-- 00:03:28.210 --> 00:03:29.530 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:03:29.530 --> 00:03:32.450 align:middle line:90% --very good coffee. 00:03:32.450 --> 00:03:34.160 align:middle line:90% I sit down again. 00:03:34.160 --> 00:03:39.190 align:middle line:84% And he tells me, some coffee has no kick. 00:03:39.190 --> 00:03:41.710 align:middle line:90% But this one is the one. 00:03:41.710 --> 00:03:45.070 align:middle line:90% It does it good for me. 00:03:45.070 --> 00:03:47.230 align:middle line:90% I pour us both a cup. 00:03:47.230 --> 00:03:50.740 align:middle line:84% And while we wait for my mother, his eyes 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:52.660 align:middle line:90% crinkle with the smile. 00:03:52.660 --> 00:03:55.240 align:middle line:90% And he says, yes. 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:57.310 align:middle line:90% Ah, yes. 00:03:57.310 --> 00:04:03.910 align:middle line:84% This is the very one, putting in more cream and sugar. 00:04:03.910 --> 00:04:11.020 align:middle line:84% So I usually buy Hills Brothers Coffee once, or sometimes, 00:04:11.020 --> 00:04:12.790 align:middle line:90% twice a day. 00:04:12.790 --> 00:04:18.460 align:middle line:84% I drink a hot coffee, and it sure does it for me. 00:04:18.460 --> 00:04:21.510 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:04:21.510 --> 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