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OK.

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I'll read some poems
from Genius Loci.

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Well, I think a little shift
in tone wouldn't be a bad idea.

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Well, everybody's depressed
enough, and grieving enough,

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and suffering enough with
what kind of creatures

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are we, anyway, with the
national suffering that's

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going on.

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I had my house robbed once
in Tucson in 15 years,

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only once, that's not bad.

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"For the Thief."

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"Thank you for leaving the
desk and the chair, the books,

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snapshots, and piano.

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I've heard of moving
van robberies, coming

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home from work to
percussion of empty rooms.

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Thank you for leaving the
trapped air that softens

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the blunt edge of my day.

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What's mine the hum of
identity still surrounds me

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though the electronics
are gone, and the jewelry

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that was too precious to wear.

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Thank you for not spraying the
walls with Coke or with piss.

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Thank you for being a
professional, tidy and quick,

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entering with a
clean silent cut,

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not wasting your time or mine
with vandalism or assault.

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When my mother was robbed,
the closets and drawers

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were dumped on the floor.

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All that was stolen were towels
that had hung in her bathroom.

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Her neighbors, the police
said, had lost their cookware.

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Better our houses
become someone's mall

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than shooting range.

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With my cousins,
one in New York took

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a knife blade against her
throat, another in Madrid,

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was dragged three
blocks by her hair.

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Thank you for knowing
what you were here for,

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for tending to your
business without rage."

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