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The last poem I'm going
to read is the last poem

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that made it into this book.

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It's called "Composition".

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If I could tell the
story of my life

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it would be the branch drawing
its tree on the hard wet sand.

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It would be the man stopping to
erase the tide from his mind.

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It would be the waves sealing
his shadow with all the changes

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only the clouds could bring.

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And if someone else could
tell the story of my life

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it would be the poem I never
wrote from a book of poems

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I never opened whose
page was missing

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once all the leaves had
gathered on the porch to listen.

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It would be the man stopping
to adjust his posture

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on the abandoned road.

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[APPLAUSE]

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I'm happy to take any
questions if there are any.

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