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One of my so-called chapbooks
is called "Setting The Table."

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And they're all poems that
have something to do with food.

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And although the chapbook
isn't included in here,

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I do have a couple of
the poems included.

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And I'm going to
read two of them.

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This one is called "Egg."

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You have to try to
picture this egg.

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In this kingdom,
the sun never sets.

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Under the pale oval of the sky,
there seems no way in or out.

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And though there is a sea
here, there is no tide.

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For the egg itself is
a moon glowing faintly

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in the galaxy of the barn, safe.

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But for the spoons,
ominous thunder,

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the first delicate
crack of lightning.

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