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My oldest nephew read this
book when it came out.

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He says-- he was 12, and he
sent me a text, and said,

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you are crazy.

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[LAUHGTER]

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So that was literary criticism
from a 12-year-old, yeah.

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This is the last poem
I'm going to read.

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And thank you once
again, and thank you

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to the friends and
family of Morgan.

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"To a Mojado Who Died
Crossing the Desert."

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And I think I don't have
to explain with the word

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mojado means to this audience.

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"After a storm, saguaros
glisten like mint trombones.

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Sometimes a coyote
leaps over creosote.

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Hush.

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The sand calls out
for more footprints.

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A crack in a boulder can never
be an entrance to a cathedral,

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but a mouse can be torn
open like an orange.

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Hush.

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The arroyo is the color of rust.

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Sometimes a gust of snow floats
across the water as gracefully

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as a bride."

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Gracias.

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Thank you so much.

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[APPLAUSE]

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