All right.
Thank you all for being here.
That introduction-- just thank you for getting it.
It's nice to be seen in that I'm-a-poet way.
And it's so rare to be seen.
I know that that's a universal feeling as well.
Marcelo, I'm so grateful for you and to read with you.
And I do want the lecture.
And I kind of want to transition, too, if you're open
to it by asking the audience what two words they remember
from the first poem which was just--
I mean-- let's hear from you all.
What are two words that you remember--
that stand out to you?
Bombardment.
Can I get another?
Bee.
What else?
Kindergarten.
Yeah.
Anything else?
Minor.
Minor, yeah.
OK Thank you.
All right.
I feel like the mood is to read from Ante Body, but the--
actually, let me do the timer thing, because I
will get carried away.