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To change the tone a little bit,
to move from the super morose.

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I don't do it often,
so enjoy this one.

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One of my favorite poets is
the French poet Apollinaire.

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And he has a little
poem called "Hotel,"

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with one line that's
stuck in my head

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ever since I read his work.

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The line is "I don't want
to work, I want to smoke."

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And I keep that
line over my desk.

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I'll read you the Apollinaire
poem called "Hotel."

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It's only five lines.

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It's a magic little
piece of imagination.

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And I liked the poem so much,
I did what all great poets do.

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I stole it.

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His poem is called "Hotel."

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"My room shaped like a cage.

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The sun puts his arm
right through the window.

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But I, who wish to
smoke and dream,

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use it to light my cigarette.

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I don't want to work.

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I want to smoke."

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