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This is a John Ashbery poem
called "Just Walking Around."

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"What name do I have for you?

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Certainly, there is no
name for you in the sense

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that the stars have names
that somehow fit them.

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Just walking around, an
object of curiosity to some,

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but you are too preoccupied
by the secret smudge

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in the back of your soul to say
much, and wander around smiling

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to yourself and others.

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It gets to be kind of lonely.

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But at the same
time, off-putting.

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Counterproductive,
as you realize

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once again that the longest
way is the most efficient way.

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The one that looped among
the islands and you always

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seem to be traveling
in a circle.

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And now that the end is near,
the segments of the trip

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swing open like an orange.

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There is light in there
and mystery and food.

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Come see it.

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Come not for me, but it.

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But if I am still there, grant
that we may see each other."

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