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So I had this preoccupation
with the news and disasters,

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and I'm always trying to unpack
these things a little bit

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in my work.

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So the next two poems
I'm going to read

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are connected to that
unpacking, I guess.

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The Antelope as Document.

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One, if I am the dove
and you are the wind,

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together, we have some business.

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Two, maybe I'm a
little half-chick,

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one of the lost ones on
the way to Capital City,

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thinking along the
journey, I'm whole.

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And the king will be
so pleased to see me.

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Three, erase the deities
of ocean and sky.

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Four, if you want to be
touched, say, touch me.

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If you want to be
held, say, hold me.

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Five, an antelope running
wild on the plains of Africa

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should not be
considered a document.

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Six, the girl's green
t-shirt reads, Save Darfur.

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Such a message.

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How shall we classify,
in the context of a day

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without rain or in the
neighborhood the girl walks,

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in the borders of her country,
strapped and declaring war?

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Seven, object, document.

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Star and sky, no.

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Photo of star, yes.

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Animal in wild, no.

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Animal in zoo, yes.

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Eight, coffin
draped in flag, no.

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Photo of coffin
draped in flag, yes.

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Nine, eventually, wisdom
arise, but men spill their milk

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in the meantime.

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Ten, who will offer his tongue?

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