So those are from the new book.
And I'm going to close up with--
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS IN THE DISTANCE]
Is that a train?
I love this.
I love that I grew up next to a train,
it is very centering to me.
This is the last one in this book.
And this is the one where I got the title for the book.
This one's called "The Plight of Lovers."
You came to my body in my wildest grief.
Drunk in it, I welcomed you.
There were catastrophes, I needed to explore,
you contained them all.
When you lap the well of my blood
milky and flowing near the river and sugar cane fields,
you drink to my mother and hers the lovers each they had.
This is the dowry.
This is the lot.
The only child I will give you is myself.
Be worthy, I have eaten the rattlesnake.
Thank you all very much for having me.
[CHEERING AND CLAPPING]
Thank you very much.