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So we have gone to the
mountain, and then we're

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going to go home.

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And so this last piece is
the one about going home,

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or can be about going home,
or how you can go home.

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And all of it centers
around memory.

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And I use smoke, the smell
of smoke, as my road.

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So this is called
"Smoke in our Hair."

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"The scent of burning wood
holds the strongest memory.

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Mesquite, cedar, piñon,
juniper, all are distinct.

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Mesquite is dry desert
air and mild winter.

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Cedar and piñon
are colder places.

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Winter air in our hair is
pulled away and scent of smoke

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settles in its place.

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We walk around the
rest of the day

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with the aroma resting
on our shoulders.

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The sweet smell holds
the strongest memory.

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We stand around the fire.

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The sound of the crackle of
wood and spark is ephemeral.

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Smoke, like memories, permeate
our hair, our clothing,

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our layers of skin.

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The smoke travels deep
to the seat of memory.

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We walk away from the fire.

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No matter how far we
walk, we carry this scent

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with us, New York,
France, Germany.

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We catch the scent of burning
wood, and we are brought home."

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you very much for
the wonderful reading.

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And thank you for the audience.

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