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Here's the last
poem in the book.

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I have a-- this is timing-wise,
we're doing good, perfect.

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And I wouldn't mind a Q & A
if people had any questions,

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but I don't want to--

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I don't want to rock the boat.

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So I'm just going to
jump into this next poem.

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It's called "This
is the Assemblage."

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And I imagine this is--

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as the last poem, in
some ways, the book kind

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of talking, saying
goodbye to me.

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This is the assemblage,
speaking, do you read me?

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We have been
waiting for you here

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in the shadow of our
metaphor, under the seats

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of this thunderous
theater, in a hacienda

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loud with parakeets,
which is itself

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an assemblage of assemblages.

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You can see how there
is no end to this.

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Times like these we
are immortal together.

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Say the word and
you're our conqueror,

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find the treasure and we
split it like an atom,

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find the portal and
we'll take it like a day

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trip, a trope, a paratrooper
at the bomb bay door.

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We are what we are, only
infinitely better, old-school,

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ostensible, and not all that
hiding stuff up our sleeves--

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it's just arms and arms,
which we admit to freely.

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They extend to meet your needs.

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And how they keep you
company: like a burgundy

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you can attune yourself
to accordingly,

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sip after sip, golden
apple, yellow pear.

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We are not worthless
here, but cradled

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in a hold the escape from
which is ever imminent,

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even after it
happens, even when we

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stand for nothing in particular
other than the motion of it,

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more than furniture, more than
vehicle with wheels or wings,

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we are the voice you choose
when you can't choose

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to, we are your
portion of all things,

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so if you feel as if
a spell is cast on you

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or you can't quite
account for yourself,

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remember we'll always be here
at the bottom of it, over,

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all we have is life.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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