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This poem is called "Soup."

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And it's more or less
stolen from the Marcia Brown

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children's book Stone
Soup, where soldiers

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come into a village
with nothing to eat.

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And they have just a
pot of boiling water

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with a stone in it, and
they pretend it's delicious.

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And the neighbors
all want to try it,

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so they're told if they
add vegetables to the pot,

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they can have some of the soup.

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And at the end, they have
a wonderful, rich soup.

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And I start with a quotation
from that book, "A rich man's

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soup, and all from
a few stones."

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"If your heart feels like a
stone, make stone soup of it.

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Borrow the parsley from
a younger woman's garden,

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dig up a bunch of rigid carrots.

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Your own icebox is full of
the homely of vegetables.

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Now, cry into the pot.

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When he comes home, serve
him a steaming bowl full,

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then watch him as he
bites into the stone."

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[LAUGHING]

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When I published this chapbook
I had a party for everyone

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that was associated
with it, in which I only

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served food that was actually
mentioned in the book.

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And nobody wanted any soup.

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[LAUGHTER]

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