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So, during the pandemic, I
went to my local duck pond

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and I wrote hundreds of
haiku, and I selected some

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for the new volume for
"Sage," and I called

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them "Lockdown Impromptu."

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So.

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[LAUGHTER]

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"Boyfriend snoring on
the yoga mat, Who are you

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fucking in the underworld?

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He says, You eat bat shit.

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I say, I love
plums, plums, plums.

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Left hand useless, right hand
strumming, of flesh guitar.

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No, I am not lonely, denial
is a river in Egypt."

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I know that's a bad pun, I know.

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[;LAUGHTER]

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"I entered the gateless gate
and stole your vibrator.

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The bell rings, Buddha
wagging his tail.

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Hair flowing past my ass,
white roots tincture of autumn.

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Revolutions are bloody, young
militants sipping frappuccino.

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A soul tablet flies through
air, decapitates your ancestor.

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Stone by stone democracy
crumbling into a race war.

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Why worry?

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Just blow your brains
with stinkweed.

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I am not exceptional,
I am green.

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Two red ants licking up my
calf, Not now little sisters.

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Don't say we are nothing.

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Year after year the
pear tree blossoms."

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[CLAPPING]

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Thank you.

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[CLAPPING]

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