WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.440 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.440 --> 00:00:08.385 align:middle line:84% This next poem is called "The Motorcyclists". 00:00:08.385 --> 00:00:17.980 align:middle line:84% And it's a monologue, someone speaking on the back, you know. 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:20.560 align:middle line:84% You see these couples going across country, thousands 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:22.990 align:middle line:90% and thousands of miles. 00:00:22.990 --> 00:00:25.240 align:middle line:90% I was thinking, what if-- 00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:27.310 align:middle line:84% pardon any stereotype here and there 00:00:27.310 --> 00:00:34.060 align:middle line:84% is one, which I'm guilty of, but what if this person was really 00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:35.110 align:middle line:90% a chatterbox? 00:00:35.110 --> 00:00:37.510 align:middle line:84% [LAUGHS] And the guy's words are getting 00:00:37.510 --> 00:00:39.730 align:middle line:84% lost if he was sitting in front-- if he was driving, 00:00:39.730 --> 00:00:42.400 align:middle line:84% his words would get lost in the wind, but she's leaned up close 00:00:42.400 --> 00:00:43.993 align:middle line:90% and he can hear everything. 00:00:43.993 --> 00:00:47.374 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:47.374 --> 00:00:51.250 align:middle line:90% 00:00:51.250 --> 00:00:53.290 align:middle line:90% My cuticles are a mess. 00:00:53.290 --> 00:00:57.430 align:middle line:84% Oh, honey, by the way, did you like my new negligee? 00:00:57.430 --> 00:01:01.540 align:middle line:84% It's a replica of one Kim Novak wore in some movie or other. 00:01:01.540 --> 00:01:03.850 align:middle line:84% I wish I had a foot-long chili dog right now. 00:01:03.850 --> 00:01:05.170 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:05.170 --> 00:01:06.370 align:middle line:90% Do you like fireworks? 00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:10.180 align:middle line:84% I mean, not just on the 4th of July but fireworks any time. 00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:11.970 align:middle line:84% There are people like that, you know? 00:01:11.970 --> 00:01:14.590 align:middle line:84% They're like people who like orchestra music, 00:01:14.590 --> 00:01:16.900 align:middle line:90% listen to it any time of day. 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:18.280 align:middle line:90% Lopsided people. 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.560 align:middle line:84% That's what my father calls them. 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:22.390 align:middle line:90% Me, I'm easy to please. 00:01:22.390 --> 00:01:26.290 align:middle line:84% I like ping pong and bobcats, shatterproof drinking glasses, 00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:29.260 align:middle line:84% the smell of kerosene, the crunch of carrots. 00:01:29.260 --> 00:01:31.900 align:middle line:84% I like caterpillars and whirlpools too. 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:33.790 align:middle line:84% What I hate most is being the first one 00:01:33.790 --> 00:01:36.130 align:middle line:90% at the scene of a bad accident. 00:01:36.130 --> 00:01:37.990 align:middle line:90% Do I smell like garlic? 00:01:37.990 --> 00:01:39.400 align:middle line:90% Are we still in Kansas? 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:41.470 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:41.470 --> 00:01:43.840 align:middle line:84% I once had a chiropractor make a pass at me. 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:45.670 align:middle line:90% Did I ever tell you that? 00:01:45.670 --> 00:01:48.920 align:middle line:84% He said that your spine is happiest when you're snuggling. 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:50.920 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.845 align:middle line:84% Sounds kind of sweet now when I tell you, but he was a creep. 00:01:53.845 --> 00:01:56.255 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:56.255 --> 00:01:58.130 align:middle line:84% Do you know that I have never understood what 00:01:58.130 --> 00:02:00.050 align:middle line:90% they meant by grassy knoll? 00:02:00.050 --> 00:02:04.160 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:04.160 --> 00:02:06.500 align:middle line:90% It sounds so idyllic. 00:02:06.500 --> 00:02:10.810 align:middle line:84% A place to go to dream your life away, not kill somebody. 00:02:10.810 --> 00:02:12.310 align:middle line:84% They should have called it something 00:02:12.310 --> 00:02:14.920 align:middle line:90% like the grudging notch. 00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:16.360 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:18.220 align:middle line:90% But I guess that's life. 00:02:18.220 --> 00:02:20.110 align:middle line:90% What is it they always say? 00:02:20.110 --> 00:02:22.930 align:middle line:84% It's always the sweetest ones that break your heart. 00:02:22.930 --> 00:02:25.060 align:middle line:90% You getting hungry yet, hon? 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:26.290 align:middle line:90% I am. 00:02:26.290 --> 00:02:28.420 align:middle line:84% When I was seven, I sat in our field 00:02:28.420 --> 00:02:31.605 align:middle line:84% and ate an entire eggplant right off the vine. 00:02:31.605 --> 00:02:32.820 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:32.820 --> 00:02:36.780 align:middle line:84% Dad loves to tell that story, but I still can't eat eggplant. 00:02:36.780 --> 00:02:38.760 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:40.950 align:middle line:84% He says I'll be the first woman president. 00:02:40.950 --> 00:02:44.400 align:middle line:84% It'd be such a waste since I talk so much. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:45.990 align:middle line:84% Which do you think the fixtures are 00:02:45.990 --> 00:02:47.940 align:middle line:84% in the bathroom at the White House? 00:02:47.940 --> 00:02:49.440 align:middle line:90% Gold or brass? 00:02:49.440 --> 00:02:52.140 align:middle line:84% It'd be OK with me if they were just brass. 00:02:52.140 --> 00:02:54.240 align:middle line:90% Honey, can we stop soon? 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:57.890 align:middle line:84% I really hate to say it, but I need a ladies room. 00:02:57.890 --> 00:03:04.000 align:middle line:90%