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I also would like to
read some more poems that

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are a little bit more
contemporary not to make Navajo

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country songs so perfect.

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We do have some situations.

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I don't know how many of you
seen the movie, The Graduate.

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Know how the poor kid
always stays behind

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and all the rich folks they
fly off to Aspen and that

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really happens.

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When I was at
Princeton, everybody

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flew to Switzerland
and all over the place

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and I stayed on
the Princeton Res.

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So I didn't have much money so
I was so happy when they finally

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approved to have
Burger King there.

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So this is a poem.

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It's tentatively
titled Burger King.

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It's a poem in progress.

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It's actually a poem written
to the younger brother of mine.

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Burger King.

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When in college, you were
number one on my list

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not even McDonald's came close.

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I didn't know that you would be
number one on somebody else's

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list and that I would be second.

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You're sizzling that day burns
my heart and you my younger

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brother, how can you choose
Burger King over the Golden

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dragon.

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A visit the town should mean
venturing into other cultures

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away from Navajo culture,
away from common town culture.

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Just a taste even a
bite can make you grow.

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Why do you shelter
yourself in the ordinary?

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The ordinary that is bringing
America to its knees,

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the ordinary that
stunts people's growth,

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the ordinary that allows
books to collect dust,

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the ordinary that keeps people
satisfied by what is good,

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the ordinary that knows
only dreamless nights,

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the ordinary that keeps
racism boiling in hatred,

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the ordinary that
starves children,

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the ordinary that
breaks family apart,

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the ordinary that
hates the idea,

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therefore the idea of God.

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Therefore humanity.

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The ordinary that keeps you
from me, the ordinary that

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doesn't know the brothers love.

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All I wanted was
Chinese food and burgers

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with all you want it.

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We ended up eating ourselves,
we ended up eating the ordinary,

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we ended up eating God, we
ended up eating humanity.

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Indeed, we ended up well-fed.

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In beauty, we have eaten.

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In beauty, we will grow.

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