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I'd like to read
maybe three more.

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This is one that was written--

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if I can find it--

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was written after the
first time I was in Tucson.

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It was written to my friends,
Lois and Richard Shelton.

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I was saying, earlier today,
that after meeting Richard,

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and hearing him read, was
the first time I have--

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and only time, actually--

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I have ever said that, if
I didn't write like me,

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I wouldn't mind
writing like him.

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But I write like me,
so there you are.

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Remarkable poem.

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Now I can't find it.

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Oh, yes.

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It's called "Sonora
Desert Poem."

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And we went out, and we saw--
the first time I was here,

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and we went out and
saw the cactuses.

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Is that what-- cacti?

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See, I don't mind not knowing.

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Which is it, though?

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Cac-- what?

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Cacti?

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It's both?

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Oh.

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If you care about people, don't
let them just be ignorant,

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and just walk away.

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Try to help people.

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It's a good thing.

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And we went up, and we
saw the sun go down.

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It was green, you know.

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Anyway "Sonora Desert Poem,"
for Lois and Richard Shelton.

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One.

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The ones who live in the
desert, if you knew them you

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would understand everything.

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They see it all and never
judge any, just drink the water

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when they get the chance.

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If I could grow arms
on my scars like them,

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if I could learn the
patience they know,

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I wouldn't apologize
for my thorns

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either, just stand in
the desert and witness.

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Two.

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Directions for watching
the sun set in the desert.

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Come to the landscape that
was hidden under the sea.

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Look in the opposite direction.

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Reach for the mountain.

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The mountain will
ignore your hand.

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The sun will fall on your back.

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The landscape will fade away.

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You will think you're
alone until a flash

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of green incredible light.

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Three.

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Directions for
leaving the desert.

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Push the bones back
under your skin.

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Finish the water.

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They will notice your thorns
and ask you to testify.

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Turn toward the shade.

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Smile.

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Say nothing at all.

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Thank you.

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