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I'll read one last poem.

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Sorry, it's a short little poem.

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First reading it.

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This is called "Summer."

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"He slid out of his
skin, leaving it

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like a dried lima bean hull,
white and papery on the road.

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His body inched
along the highway,

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rippling its new red colors.

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Bits of brown like
stone seemed strewn

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along each arm and thigh.

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It was a strange transformation
which had been coming.

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The moon had warned
him, flipping

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like a fish in the sky.

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A bowl of sweet cream left
overnight emptied itself

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to the snake living
under the hearth.

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When the time had
come, the old skin

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had shucked off, crackling.

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No pain.

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No pulling.

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He slid his wet
body into the sun.

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He was dry now, and brown.

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The ocean rushed
through his head.

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He heard the crabs
moving sideways

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on the bottom and the fish
shouting with their fins."

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