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Since Richard mentioned a line
of this poem, I'll read this.

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It's called "Between
Aging and Old."

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It's partly the love.

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There's nothing as good
as a successful marriage.

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But there's a surprising
amount of good in not

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being in a lesser marriage.

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And there's a great deal
to be said for being alone.

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You may not believe me, but
your life is fitted to you.

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It's exactly for
you, only for you.

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In the old days, I'd
say, it's like a mistress

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who's there for your pleasure.

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That's what being alone is.

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That's not the poem, really.

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[LAUGHTER]

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It's called "Between
Aging and Old."

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"I wake up like a stray
dog belonging to no one.

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Cold, cold in the rain.

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Friendships outgrown or ruined.

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And love, dear God, the
women I have loved, now,

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only names remembered,
dead, lost, or old.

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Mildness, more and
more the danger.

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Living among rocks and weeds
to guard against wisdom,

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along with the heart howling
and refusing to let it

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feed on mere affection.

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Lying in the dark, singing
about the intractable kinds

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of happiness."

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