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And since we're out
here in the desert,

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I would like to read a few ant
poems I wrote in the desert.

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This one is called "Desert Ant".

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"Desert ant says
'and' with every step.

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So that it sounds like this--

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and, and, and, and, and,
and, and, and, and, and, and,

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and, and--

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and so on.

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By the time I make my
way to the same desert,

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I have been collecting
and carrying

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an accumulation of nouns
over the past-- oh, I

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don't know how many days.

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And so I insert them in
between the steps of the ant.

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Cilantro, tennis, phone, hand,
needle, rock, hair, Mingus,

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monk, mouth--

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I have been ignoring the dirty
looks the ant keeps giving me.

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But finally, I cave
in, which means

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I stop to listen carefully.

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I am informed that
I have thrown off

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the rhythm of "and,
and, and, and, and."

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I am informed that this
shall not continue.

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I am given several options.

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I choose "monk".

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So for a while we do, monk and
monk and monk and monk and monk

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and monk and monk.

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I thought we were doing
OK, but before I know it,

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the ant is out of sight.

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And then before I know it,
the ant has made a decision.

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And then before I know
it, the ant is in my mouth

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and mouth and mouth and mouth
and mouth and mouth and mouth."

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