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Did you guys see the beautiful
broadside that Ander made?

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It's so beautiful, and
I'm so thankful to him.

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And so, this is "Cup of Coffee."

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This is the one I think about
when I think about the fact

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that my brother
hasn't written me back

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since I sent him the book.

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[LAUGHTER]

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But anyway, "Cup of Coffee."

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"He drank.

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He took a sip from the
Styrofoam and hesitated.

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What did he think of
it, we all wondered.

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Did it mean something?

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My brother, Bartleby,
who never drank coffee.

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My brother who had
to resist us all,

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resist my mother's encroachment,
resist my father's cheer,

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resist my sanctimony.

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He spent years
honing his thank you,

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no, to this family
of coffee drinkers.

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He didn't shout and storm
around like the rest of us.

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He seemed, in his
equanimity, to be happy.

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Of course, I can't
publish this secret.

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Didn't Dad write
about a mute boy?

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Didn't Mom tell him he
ought to make money?

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The family dynamic
needs to be honored.

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So I will change his
name, or his sex.

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Perhaps, I will make his
parents Russian peasantry."

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