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I'd like to begin
with some short poems.

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Some funny poems.

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Some simple poems.

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By way of a reminder
that a poem ought

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to go directly to the
nervous system, and not get

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impeded by the
analytical faculties.

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And the strained attention
with which so many people

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come to listen to poetry.

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Can you hear it in the back?

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All right.

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You know this little poem,
this is a Papago poem.

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Sometimes I go about
pitying myself,

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and all the time I'm being
carried by great winds

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across the sky.

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