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Hafa adai, aloha.

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Good evening.

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I want to first
acknowledge and recognize

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the Indigenous
peoples of this land

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as well as the
Indigenous writers who

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have storied this land
for thousands of years.

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I want to also thank Tyler and
the whole crew at the Poetry

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Center.

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I'm so honored to be
here; traveled a long way

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to engage with the
students, to check out

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this amazing building, and to
share my work with you today.

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On that note, thank
you for coming tonight.

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I know, during severe
weather as we have tonight,

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most people are
inclined to hunker down

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with your canned meats
and your loved ones.

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But I'm glad you kind
of braved the weather

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and joined us for
tonight's festivities.

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So I don't get to come
to the continental US

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very often since I moved
to Hawaii a few years ago.

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So I'm very excited to be here.

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I come from a place that
is colonized by the US.

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And so there are
things about America

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that I don't necessarily enjoy.

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One thing I do enjoy, however,
about this great nation

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is their foods.

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They have delicious foods.

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And so I'm going
to share with you

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tonight three poems from my
new book, which is on sale--

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no refunds-- about three of my
favorite American foods or kind

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of like odes to my
three favorite foods.

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