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This is a short poem
called "Penal Code."

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"It's laying down
the law, my law.

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The litterbug will gather litter
along 10 miles of country road.

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The thief will
bear endless gifts.

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The man who beats children will
teach first aid and the killer

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care for the dead.

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If you don't
understand, I love you,

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soaring in the
limits of your skin."

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Got a couple of
strange expressions.

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And I read that once to a
group of seventh graders

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in St. Paul, Minnesota, and
there was silence and kind

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of weird looks.

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And a little boy in the corner
raised his hand and he said,

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is that something
like, so-and-so's idea

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of the consciousness
being a skin

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within which we're imprisoned?

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And I tried to hire the lad.

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[INTERPOSING VOICES]

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I had to go to the University
of Wisconsin from there,

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and I thought it'd be a good
trick if he went for me.

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If he got off the plane,
I wondered if anybody

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would called his bluff.

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What could they say?

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You're smaller than we expected.

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But I don't know.

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These kids can be dangerous.