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The carte-de-visite was
the portrait of yourself

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in the 19th century.

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You'd have one
produced if you could,

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and it would have a
tagline or a motto.

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Sojourner Truth's
carte-de-visite

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read, I sell the shadow
to support the substance.

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This poem is called
"New Romantics."

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When I was growing
up in the '80s,

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New Romantics in
the world of music

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was a crossover of R & B and pop.

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Think El DeBarge.

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And there's a reference
to Saint Sebastian.

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You know, he's always
painted and pictured

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in the ecstasy of his own death.

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So he's looking away with
the arrows in his body.

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"New romantics out
the windshield.

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Quinoa amber light fronds
wave up the hill and back.

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Up dancers raise stocking
knees to the left.

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Describe the world.

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New romantics sing precise
of them women inside me

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are grown heads
against the glass.

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Saint Sebastian displayed
to the moon, petrifies.

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Go loping snout-free, fuzz
out the night, the pacific.

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Go louder.

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Every tree, a
channel to talk in.

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Eucalyptus peel lined the road.

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Eucalyptus oil on blushing
wildfire, and salt blows back.

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An orange is
feeding my daughter.

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She reached up you
said, peppermint tea fog

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against your ribs.

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The door hung-- so possible.

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Her long feet, walking a new
constellation down the city,

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run to catch up.

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Fog, turn away the night.

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Night, turn away the moon.

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Moon, turn away
so we can see it.

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