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So these are sequence of poems.

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I'm just going to read one of
the poems from the sequence.

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But the title is
Love Poem and then

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some kind of
mythological animal.

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And so in this case, it's
"Love Poem: Pegasus."

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And I just want you to
imagine the Pegasus.

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So it's a horse with wings
big enough for man to ride on.

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I'm seeing a few nods.

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Yes, yes, we know
who Pegasus is.

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So Pegasus emerges either from--

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so when Medusa is
beheaded by Perseus--

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who cares about that guy--

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so the Pegasus
emerges from her neck

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or from her blood when
it's touching the ground.

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And my sincere question is like
what was the gestation process.

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Because Medusa was at one point
a mortal woman, like this.

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You'll recall a horse big
enough for a man to ride on.

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Just that's bad math.

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That's bad math.

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"Love Poem: Pegasus."

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"Fold, fully grown
from my mother's neck.

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Her severed head.

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The silenced snakes.

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Call this freedom.

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My first cry a beating
of wings abandoned.

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Call me orphan before I
even know what a mother is.

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I think myself arising.

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Feather and hoof.

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Neigh and caw, and
you always on my back.

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You bear a sword and shield.

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Remind me of her labor.

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Her stoning gaze.

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What beast will your
blade free next?

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What call will you loose
from another woman's throat?"

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