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And this is kind
of an illicit poem.

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It's a poem about
infidelity, which

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isn't about
condemning infidelity

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nor does it approve
of infidelity.

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That's not my point.

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My point is that it has a
flavor like nothing else.

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Nothing.

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No other.

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It's not about getting laid.

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It's about having
a relationship.

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You love the woman you're with.

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You're going to
stay with your wife.

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But for whatever reason,
you find yourself

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in a real relationship with
somebody else, at least

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temporarily.

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What I wanted to do
was to try to catch

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the unique tonality of that.

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It's like you're making stew
and somebody comes in and puts

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in some odd thing called,
I don't know, what's it--

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karm-- anyhow, they
all have strange names.

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And they drop it in, and your--

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that stew is never going to be
tasted by you again unless you

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find somebody that has
some more of this spice.

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It changes the whole
quality of the stew.

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This is a particular kind
of condiment in love.

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I'm not endorsing it.

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I'm just reporting.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I will tell you
that it ended my--

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this event ended my
marriage, and which

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I've never gotten over.

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"Trying to Have
Something Left Over."

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There was a great
tenderness to the sadness

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when I would go there.

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She knew how much I loved my
wife, and that we had no future.

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We were like casualties
helping each other

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as we waited for the end.

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Now, I wonder if we
understood how happy

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those Danish afternoons were.

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Most of the time,
we didn't talk.

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Often, I took care of the
baby while she did homework--

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I'm sorry.

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Often, I took care of the
baby while she did housework,

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changing him, making him laugh.

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I would say, Pittsburgh,
softly, each time

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before throwing him up.

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Whisper Pittsburgh, with my
mouth against the tiny ear

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and throw him higher.

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Pittsburgh and
happiness, high up,

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the only way to leave
even the smallest trace,

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so that all his life, her
son would feel gladness

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unaccountably when anyone spoke
of the ruined city of steel

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in America, each time almost
remembering something, maybe

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important, that got lost."

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