WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.220 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.220 --> 00:00:02.490 align:middle line:90% Should we stop there? 00:00:02.490 --> 00:00:03.080 align:middle line:90% No 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:09.200 align:middle line:84% No, I guess I haven't read that much from the actual book. 00:00:09.200 --> 00:00:10.330 align:middle line:90% How to Fold. 00:00:10.330 --> 00:00:13.100 align:middle line:90% 00:00:13.100 --> 00:00:16.379 align:middle line:84% Seated alone at the edge of the bed, 00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:19.820 align:middle line:90% grasp the finest fabric first. 00:00:19.820 --> 00:00:22.760 align:middle line:84% The shrunken sock or silk softness 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:25.910 align:middle line:84% to touch among laundry high and hot enough 00:00:25.910 --> 00:00:29.120 align:middle line:84% to wreathe your body in rags and towels 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.750 align:middle line:84% and undivided multicolored trappings. 00:00:32.750 --> 00:00:37.200 align:middle line:84% When you find your phantom lover's item in the pile, 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.310 align:middle line:84% you will have to decide how to handle it. 00:00:40.310 --> 00:00:42.560 align:middle line:84% When it is an undergarment, you may 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:47.060 align:middle line:84% grasp the heat, which does not linger in silk or lace. 00:00:47.060 --> 00:00:49.230 align:middle line:84% When it is a shirt or a pair of jeans, 00:00:49.230 --> 00:00:51.590 align:middle line:84% position the fabric upon your skin 00:00:51.590 --> 00:00:54.170 align:middle line:90% in the absent lover's position. 00:00:54.170 --> 00:00:56.220 align:middle line:90% Most of your armor is cotton. 00:00:56.220 --> 00:00:58.310 align:middle line:90% Most of your armor is cotton. 00:00:58.310 --> 00:01:00.740 align:middle line:84% You may undress and lie with the item 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:04.340 align:middle line:84% against the most exposed part of your seams, a root 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:06.890 align:middle line:90% work of threads like veins. 00:01:06.890 --> 00:01:10.050 align:middle line:84% The scent folded into the fabric may no longer 00:01:10.050 --> 00:01:12.780 align:middle line:84% be detectable to the unknowing nose. 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:16.320 align:middle line:84% Folded on the bed alone, conjure the lover 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:18.750 align:middle line:84% under some fabricated light streaming 00:01:18.750 --> 00:01:22.780 align:middle line:84% into the room, a milk blue ink at some temperatures, 00:01:22.780 --> 00:01:26.950 align:middle line:84% a lucid plasma, a pearl on the bud and palette in others. 00:01:26.950 --> 00:01:30.480 align:middle line:84% Place your fingers as the fingers are placed. 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:34.950 align:middle line:84% The oblivious spirit folds out of its material. 00:01:34.950 --> 00:01:38.770 align:middle line:84% Washed till worn, then worn despite the tatters. 00:01:38.770 --> 00:01:40.560 align:middle line:90% The legs and arms-- 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.290 align:middle line:84% fold the legs and arms until the figure 00:01:43.290 --> 00:01:47.400 align:middle line:84% fits neat as a book of matches in a drawer. 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:51.960 align:middle line:84% The map inside and out is a mix of missteps and crossroads 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:53.860 align:middle line:90% bordering cliffs and edges. 00:01:53.860 --> 00:01:57.820 align:middle line:84% You cannot live without the heat and iron of love. 00:01:57.820 --> 00:02:00.060 align:middle line:84% The scent folded into the material 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:02.380 align:middle line:90% travels as far as music. 00:02:02.380 --> 00:02:04.950 align:middle line:84% The scent is like lavender, if lavender 00:02:04.950 --> 00:02:08.580 align:middle line:84% was meat salted and emitting a heat that 00:02:08.580 --> 00:02:11.460 align:middle line:90% travels as far as music. 00:02:11.460 --> 00:02:12.450 align:middle line:90% OK, it's getting hot. 00:02:12.450 --> 00:02:15.500 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]