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OK.

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I'll conclude with this one.

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It's called "Night
Scene Before Combat."

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"There are trucks going down
our street tonight in convoy.

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The window rattles.

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There are lights going
off and on in the sky

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beyond the suburbs,
accompanied by noises

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that sound like thunder.

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I should be with them, but I
try to get some sleep with you.

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Did you know that metaphor
means truck in modern Greek?

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Truck.

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Carryall.

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It figures.

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As William Blake said,
eternity is in love with us

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creations of time.

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And you know about love, not
just the weapons and battles,

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but the problems of
supply, logistics,

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of getting the
material to the front,

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to the precise point
of fire in trucks.

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At that point of place,
at this point in time

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when the lights are
flashing on and off,

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and what might sound like
thunder is not thunder.

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Not thunder at all.

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I should go downstairs
and join my outfit.

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I should get back to the truck
I left idling by the curb,

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but I turned to you for one
last time in sleep, love,

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before I put my uniform
back on, check my piece

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and say so long."

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OK.

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That's it.

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Thank you for your attention.

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[CLAPPING]

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