WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.690 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.690 --> 00:00:01.725 align:middle line:90% And I'll leave you-- 00:00:01.725 --> 00:00:06.680 align:middle line:90% 00:00:06.680 --> 00:00:11.240 align:middle line:84% because we were talking about Shakespeare at dinner. 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:17.900 align:middle line:84% Shakespeare used to end his poems, his plays, with a song. 00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:19.400 align:middle line:90% This is called "Almost Happy." 00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:23.120 align:middle line:90% 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:25.070 align:middle line:84% "The goldfish is dead this morning 00:00:25.070 --> 00:00:28.370 align:middle line:90% on the bottom of her world. 00:00:28.370 --> 00:00:30.980 align:middle line:90% The autumn sky is white. 00:00:30.980 --> 00:00:34.910 align:middle line:84% The trees are coming apart in the cold rain. 00:00:34.910 --> 00:00:38.810 align:middle line:84% Loneliness gets closer and closer. 00:00:38.810 --> 00:00:42.470 align:middle line:84% He drinks hot tea, and sings off key. 00:00:42.470 --> 00:00:45.130 align:middle line:90% 00:00:45.130 --> 00:00:50.710 align:middle line:84% This train ain't a-goin' home train, this train. 00:00:50.710 --> 00:00:55.960 align:middle line:84% This isn't a goin' home train, this train. 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:01.720 align:middle line:84% This train ain't a-goin' home, 'cause my home's on a goin' 00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:04.435 align:middle line:90% away train, that train." 00:01:04.435 --> 00:01:08.170 align:middle line:90% 00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:08.710 align:middle line:90% Thank you. 00:01:08.710 --> 00:01:59.060 align:middle line:90% 00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:03.730 align:middle line:84% I hope those of you who don't write poetry can understand what 00:02:03.730 --> 00:02:04.756 align:middle line:90% it [INAUDIBLE]. 00:02:04.756 --> 00:02:07.927 align:middle line:90% 00:02:07.927 --> 00:02:15.940 align:middle line:84% It used to be said poets have in a smaller audience [INAUDIBLE].. 00:02:15.940 --> 00:02:21.040 align:middle line:84% And they would say that a poet is like a man with a handful of 00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:25.285 align:middle line:84% rose petals, dropping them into the Grand Canyon 00:02:25.285 --> 00:02:29.150 align:middle line:84% and waiting to hear them hit botttom. 00:02:29.150 --> 00:02:43.000 align:middle line:90%