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OK, read a couple or
three poems, some of you

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may be familiar
with, but I think

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it might be a nice change
from that previous accent.

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The first one is "Naming
of Parts" by Henry Reed.

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I'm sure it's one
that most of you know.

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"Today, we have naming of parts.

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Yesterday we had daily cleaning.

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And tomorrow morning we shall
have what to do after firing.

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But today, today we
have naming of parts.

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Japonica glistens like coral and
all of the neighboring gardens,

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and today we have
naming of parts."

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This is a poem by the way
that if you don't know,

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it involves a sergeant--
a drill sergeant

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instructing, and recruit,
listening, and thinking.

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"This is the lower sling swivel.

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And this is the
upper sling swivel,

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whose use you will see when
you are given your slings.

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And this is the piling
swivel, which in your case

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you have not got.

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The branches hold in the
gardens their silent, eloquent

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gestures, which in our
case, we have not got.

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This is the safety
catch which is always

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released with an easy
flick of the thumb.

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And please do not let me
see anyone using his finger.

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You can do it quite
easy if you have

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any strength in your thumb.

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The blossoms are
fragile and motionless,

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never letting anyone see any
of them using their finger.

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And this you can
see is the bolt.

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The purpose of this is to
open the breech as you see.

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We can slide it rapidly
backwards and forwards--

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we call this easing the spring.

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And rapidly backwards
and forwards,

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the early bees are assaulting
and fumbling the flowers,

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they call it easing the spring.

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They call it easing the spring--

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it is perfectly easy if
you have any strength

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in your thumb like the
bolt, and the breech,

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and the cocking piece,
and the point of balance,

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which in our case,
we have not got.

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And the almond blossom silent
and all of the gardens,

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and the bees going backwards
and forwards, for today,

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we have naming of parts."

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