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This poem, for the
moment, at any rate,

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is called "Uncertain
Oneiromancy".

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Oneiromancy means
divination by dreams.

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"I spent the entire
night leading a blind man

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through an immense
museum so that

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by internal bridges
or tunnels, somehow

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he could avoid the streets,
the most dangerous avenues,

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all the swift chaotic traffic.

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I persuaded him to
allow my guidance

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through to the other distant
doors, though once inside,

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labyrinthine corridors, steps,
jutting chests, and chairs,

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and stone arches bewildered him
as I named them at each swerve

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and were hard for me to
maneuver him around and between.

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As he could perceive
nothing, I too

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saw only the obstacles, the
objects with sharp corners,

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not one painting, not one curve,
credenza, or limestone mortar.

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We did at last emerge, however,
into that part of the city

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he had been headed
for when I took over.

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He raised his hat in
farewell and went on uphill,

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tapping his stick.

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I stood looking
after him, watching

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as the street enfolded him,
wondering if he would make it.

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And after I woke, wondering
still what in me he was

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and who the I was that took
that long shortcut with him

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through room after
room of beauty,

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his blindness hid from me
as if it had never been."

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[CLAPPING]

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So thank you.

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[CLAPPING]

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