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Thank you, Allie.
And thanks to Gail

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and all my friends at the Poetry
Center for inviting me to read

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and for many years of
wonderful programming.

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And thanks to all of
you for being here.

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Maybe I can channel some of
that zen to get relaxed here.

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"The Conditions."

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If we evade the
past which hunts us.

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If we have no guilt.
If we have guilt but

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hide it from gods and men.

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If we refute the counterpoint.

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If every contingency
is of no concern.

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If we do or do not endure.

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If it is the breeze whistling
through hollow reeds and not

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the fabled pipes that call
us back or call us on.

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If they use the knife and
drill but we don't squeal.

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If forgiving and
forgetting are equal.

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If we love the evils we plainly
without even opening our eyes.

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If we tire of complexity,
if we unbecome.

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If a jagged stone
buried in your loaf.

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If one thing only
welds gold to gold,

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and there is no rider upon the
horse but bridle and saddle.

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