WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.780 align:middle line:90%


00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:04.915 align:middle line:84%
I just have one more little baby
poem, and that'll be it for me.

00:00:04.915 --> 00:00:06.790 align:middle line:84%
My friend Morgan's in
the hospital right now.

00:00:06.790 --> 00:00:10.050 align:middle line:84%
He couldn't be
here tonight, but I

00:00:10.050 --> 00:00:14.350 align:middle line:84%
wanted to dedicate this poem
to him and his speedy recovery.

00:00:14.350 --> 00:00:16.320 align:middle line:84%
And this poem is
called "Sparrow Field,"

00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:18.420 align:middle line:84%
and it's going to
appear in a journal

00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:21.180 align:middle line:84%
that Morgan does, which is
out of Tucson called CUE,

00:00:21.180 --> 00:00:22.470 align:middle line:90%
and you should find it.

00:00:22.470 --> 00:00:26.230 align:middle line:90%
You should know it and love it.

00:00:26.230 --> 00:00:27.100 align:middle line:90%
"Sparrow Field."

00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:29.970 align:middle line:90%


00:00:29.970 --> 00:00:33.240 align:middle line:84%
Appeared on my porch a
girl with a book of birds,

00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:37.020 align:middle line:84%
and we knew many of their names,
recognizing certain beaks.

00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:40.260 align:middle line:84%
And any looking memory
gives over to chalk.

00:00:40.260 --> 00:00:42.810 align:middle line:84%
Dimness gets bolstered
and another angle

00:00:42.810 --> 00:00:45.000 align:middle line:90%
is squared in a question.

00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.080 align:middle line:84%
The girl tastes her own fingers,
and I try not to notice this.

00:00:49.080 --> 00:00:51.150 align:middle line:84%
Twin brothers make
a movie about it,

00:00:51.150 --> 00:00:53.910 align:middle line:84%
and your memory will
fasten your belt

00:00:53.910 --> 00:00:56.310 align:middle line:90%
to a man you do not recognize.

00:00:56.310 --> 00:01:00.420 align:middle line:84%
Then, a kite rubbed with rabbit
fur dips into the sparrow field

00:01:00.420 --> 00:01:02.850 align:middle line:84%
and a different girl
with big glasses

00:01:02.850 --> 00:01:06.510 align:middle line:84%
yells into the megaphone as
dogs crash onto its scent.

00:01:06.510 --> 00:01:09.510 align:middle line:90%
We are standing in that field.

00:01:09.510 --> 00:01:12.480 align:middle line:84%
The light is falling
all over, developing us

00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.000 align:middle line:90%
in the sounds of the chase.

00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:16.200 align:middle line:90%
Thank you for being here.

00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:19.500 align:middle line:90%
[APPLAUSE]

00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:20.000 align:middle line:90%