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[APPLAUSE]

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Hello.

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Thank you all for coming.

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Thank you for inviting me.

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Thank you for that,
rather, to me,

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on the spot reading
the introduction.

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[LAUGHTER]

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And so I'm on this tour now.

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The book just came
out in February,

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and so it's a whole new
world of reading from a book

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instead of from little
loose pieces of paper,

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and also hearing people
introduce your work,

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that it's kind of out
there in the world.

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And knowing that
it's being received

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as it was meant to be received
is really heartwarming,

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so thank you.

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Speaking of receptions, I'm
going to start with a poem

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about one of my favorite jazz
singers, who-- it was because

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of the microphone that
we have Billie Holiday,

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and the way we know her.

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Her voice was
actually quite quiet,

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and the microphone allowed
her to be amplified.

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So that sort of sultry, right up
to the mic singing, of course,

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was actually a necessity.

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But thank goodness
we have it as we do.

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"Black Spoon."

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"Baby, you were
meant to be home.

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You were meant to be
what I ain't never known.

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Blue flame done melted my song.

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And you won't tell
me if you'll risk

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the curse between my thighs,
won't give me more than

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the music of your fingers
strumming my slip's strap.

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Your chest sings
to my heart's ear,

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while your wicked wisdom
works its secret privilege.

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But you won't give me
more than your body, tuned

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for walking out my door.

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Hush now.

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I'm the one done let you in.

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Here's what I've been cooking,
what I scored before you came.

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You brought me nothing
I ain't already know.

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I'm bright as a horn.

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Listen, I'll blow you down."

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[SOFT LAUGHTER]