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It's a love poem.

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"Serenade."

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Love a surrealistic one.

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I'm going to read it.

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And then we'll break
for five minutes

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and then I'll read the
second half to give you

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a chance to stretch or think.

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It's called "Serenade."

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It's a surrealistic serenade.

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We'll get right to it.

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What do you want?

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You whistle at me from
your perfumed window.

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I bring you a gift of flax.

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I bring you a gift of steam.

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You translate them into sleep.

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I go from door to key to
door and then back again.

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Apparently we are
caught in ice you

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and I, like the
spirits of Indians.

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Come.

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The streets are
full of poultices.

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The streams flow with rivets.

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I traverse bridges
which end in fire.

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What do you want of Come.

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I bring you woven moons.

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You answer me with
dust and lemon peels.

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Yet today you smile.

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And I put down again this pack
full of ribbons and gold teeth.

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Come.

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In the century of my
birth, I hurl myself

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from parapets of grace.

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Spiked plants grow from my ribs.

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I leave at dusk for Bokhara.

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What is your Christian name?

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Why do I see you in
the knees of stairways?

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Have patience.

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Some muezzin huge as smoke
calls me into your prayers.

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I will get by.

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[APPLAUSE]

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