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My goodness, thank you so much.

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Arizona is special to
me for many reasons.

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But now I can add
one more, that this

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is the place where I saw
the cover of my poetry book

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for the first time.

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So I need to just
take a moment here.

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I'm so overwhelmed
with the kindness

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that has been extended
to me by Tyler

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and Hannah and the entire--

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every single person,
it's like I'm

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in the Twilight Zone
of good poetry vibes

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here in the desert.

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Thank you so much for
this incredible welcome.

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Some of you might
know this, most of you

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probably don't, but I
spent my formative years

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in the Valley of the Sun.

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From 1982 to '86, I lived
in Glendale, Arizona.

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So just stepping off the plane
and smelling the creosote

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and seeing the ocotillo
and the saguaro,

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it always just snaps to you.

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It's like I'm home a little bit.

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So anyways, so thank
you, thank you.

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I'm going to start off.

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I'm going to do a little
dip into each of my poetry

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collections, and then I'll
end with some brand new ones

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as well.

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And I've got some special things
to show you online as well.

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And so hopefully
everything will work out,

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and I know it will
because Hannah is amazing.

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