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Thank you.

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I've got my timer so
I know how long I have

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and I hope nobody calls
during a poetry reading.

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OK, well thank everybody for
coming out on Sunday morning.

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Really appreciate it.

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We're kind of warming
up for the day

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and I hope you
enjoy the festival.

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It's a great festival.

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And so because it's Sunday
morning, I thought I would look

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and I actually found
something that would fit.

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It's called Sunday Morning poet.

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If I were searching
for tradition

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at the turn of
this new century, I

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would walk to the end
of my driveway on Sunday

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morning in my
underwear and sandals

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wincing at the chill
in winter or feeling

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for a still breeze and spring.

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Stretching my calves up
the hill to my door post,

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I would tell those looking
for clues to our postmodern

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commonality to observe me
sitting at kitchen table,

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drinking coffee, eating
rye toast lightly buttered,

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listening to public radio or
folk or jazz or pre-game talk.

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Multitasking through
ears never closed

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and eyes not wanting to open.

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I would look up at
my examiner and point

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to my absorption of book
reviews, editorials,

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and the gossip scandal news.

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Declaring, do not seek truth in
history and public documents.

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This is who we are.

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This is all you need to know.