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So I have a story to tell
you guys, is that cool?

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Sure.

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Yeah?

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OK.

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It's kind of embarrassing,
but we'll go with it.

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So I'm in the process of putting
a little chapbook together

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myself.

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It's called A
Sketch of Concrete.

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And when I was five,
my mother asked

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what I wanted to be when I grew
up, just like every mother asks

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their child.

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And I told my mom that
I'd like to be a cartoon.

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It's true.

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I did really want
to be a cartoon.

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And so she had to sit
me down and explain

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that you can't be a fictional
character, nonetheless,

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a cartoon.

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And she asked for
my second option

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if I couldn't be a cartoon.

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And I told her that I wanted
to be a sidewalk, duh.

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I think she ended up
writing down doctor.

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So not quite sure,
but we're still

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up here calling my first
chapbook A Sketch of Concrete.

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So I'm going to read a
few poems that are going

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to be coming out of there.

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This poem is dedicated
to our children.

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"There are Girls."

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There are girls that
are building and they

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are building the Lego blocks to
satisfy their wrestling heart.

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They are breaking
down planes and cars

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to build as they please.

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Find them.

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Building from the
branches of trees,

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escaping, re-creating
a world that projects

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their imagination.

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These are our children.

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There are dolls
and there are boys.

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There are dolls
and boys pretending

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to dress for impressive
friends while sipping tea.

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Butterflies clipped
on their cardigans

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instead of spreading
their wings.

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You can find them looking
beyond the doll house,

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rearranging, recreating a world
that projects our imaginations.

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These are our children."

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