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OK.

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Now this one was written
after several famous cases

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of censorship took
place here and abroad.

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So this one's titled
on censorship.

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In this poem, a famous
man is being talked

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about in another country.

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And because he's
being talked about,

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an official from the
Department of Culture

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has arrived at his
house to strike him

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for each sentence
delivered by the stranger

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on this famous man.

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He asked, why strike me when
it's not I who am talking?

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We strike you, the reply
goes, because you're

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a surrogate for that man.

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When he stops
talking about you we

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will cease talking to
you with our hands.

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And the famous man
decides to call up

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the stranger, whose
name he does not know,

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to ask him or her to
stop talking about it.

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And so he places a call
with the operator who says,

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she knows exactly
who it is and she's

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ready to call that person,
but first must strike herself

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over the head, as
required by the rules

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of the Department of Culture.

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This she does and then proceeds
to put through the call.

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The person answers the
phone, listens, and gives one

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huge scream which is heard
by the famous man, who

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turns to the cultural attache
of his government and says,

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that person knows my work.

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I am delighted.

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[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]
It's pretty serious.

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[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

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