To change the tone a little bit, to move from the super morose.
I don't do it often, so enjoy this one.
One of my favorite poets is the French poet Apollinaire.
And he has a little poem called "Hotel,"
with one line that's stuck in my head
ever since I read his work.
The line is "I don't want to work, I want to smoke."
And I keep that line over my desk.
I'll read you the Apollinaire poem called "Hotel."
It's only five lines.
It's a magic little piece of imagination.
And I liked the poem so much, I did what all great poets do.
I stole it.
His poem is called "Hotel."
"My room shaped like a cage.
The sun puts his arm right through the window.
But I, who wish to smoke and dream,
use it to light my cigarette.
I don't want to work.
I want to smoke."