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You may have-- the
title of this next poem

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if you don't know what it
is when I say it you might

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think it's slightly funny.

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It's called "The Blue
Booby" and it's a bird.

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[LAUGHTER]

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It's a bird.

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And well, I don't think I want
to comment about it on it.

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I think you'll understand it.

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The blue booby lives on
the bare rocks of Galapagos

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and fears nothing.

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It is a simple life.

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They live on fish and
there are few predators.

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Also, the males do not
make fools of themselves

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chasing after the young ladies.

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Rather they gather the
blue objects of the world

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and construct from them a nest.

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An occasional Gaulois
package, a string of beads,

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a piece of cloth
from a sailor's suit.

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This replaces the need
for dazzling plumage.

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In fact, in the past
50 million years

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the male has grown considerably
duller nor can he sing well.

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The female though
asks little of him.

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The blue satisfies
her completely,

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has a magical effect on her.

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When she returns from her
day of gossip and shopping,

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she sees he has found her
a new shred of blue foil.

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For this she rewards
him with her dark body.

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The stars turn slowly and
the blue foil beside them

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like the eyes of a mild savior.

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[APPLAUSE]

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