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This poem is dedicated to
my friend, David Trinidad,

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who's been a constant source
of inspiration for me.

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And I was getting
troubled by the fact

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that people are often
referring to my work

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as confessional or
post confessional.

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I don't know even what
post confessional means.

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So I decided I would write a
confessional poem in which I

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confessed nothing.

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And my strategy for that, I
decided to take a leaf out

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of David's book.

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He often assembles poems out
of found objects or phrases.

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And so this poem is
entirely made out

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of movie titles that might
indicate some form of an I.

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And it's a confessional poem.

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It is called "Confessions
of a Teenage Drama Queen."

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And it's about my life.

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[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

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I was a male war bride.

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I was a spy.

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So I married an ax murderer.

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I married Joan.

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I married a monster
from outer space.

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I am guilty, I am
the cheese, I am

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a fugitive from a chain gang.

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Maybe, I'll come
home in the spring.

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I'll cry tomorrow, whose
life is it, anyway?

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It's a wonderful life.

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I want to live.

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I want someone to
eat cheese with.

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Who am I this time?

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I am Cuba.

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I am a sex addict.

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Why was I born?

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Why must I die?

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I could go on singing.

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I'll sleep when I'm dead.

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I know who killed me.

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I was 19, I was a
teenage werewolf.

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Just kill me.

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Kiss me, kill me.

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Kill me later.

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Kill me again.

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Give me a sailor.

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If I had my way,
I'd rather be rich.

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I wouldn't be in your shoes.

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I wish I had wings.

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I wish I were in Dixie.

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I passed for white.

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I was framed.

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I was a burlesque queen.

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I was a teenage zombie.

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I was an adventurous.

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I was a convict.

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I was a criminal.

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I did it.

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I killed that man.

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Murder is my beat.

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I confess.

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