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So I've spent the last--

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this is the last dream.

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I've spent the last 11
years writing these.

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And one weird thing about having
to write almost every day--

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write poems to pay the bills--

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is that you have to
just keep writing them,

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no matter what happens.

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And my little brother
died unexpectedly.

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He woke up with a headache,
and by noon, he was dead.

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And I was writing
dreams for people.

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And they had paid me for this.

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And it was a weird
moment of being

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in this playful space while
feeling this intense grief.

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So this is one I wrote
for my little brother.

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He was among-- when
you die, people

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get to talk about the
cool things about you.

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But they also love to talk
about everything you're bad at,

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and they love to share all the
stories when you were an idiot.

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And because we're
all idiots, that's

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why love is important because
we can also do the other thing.

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"My Brother Was
Really Bad At Drums."

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You were playing
drums in a basement.

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You bang at the
tom and the hi-hat,

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Crash the cymbals,

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Clang the bell,

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You're not the best drummer in
terms of rhythm and whatnot,

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Sorry.

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I think that's very funny.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Just to laugh at my own joke.

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You're not the best drummer in
terms of rhythm and whatnot,

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But what you may not have
in technical precision,

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You make up for in spirit,

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In brio,

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In joie de vivre,

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In glee,

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In delight,

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In fervor,

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In jubilance,

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In exult,

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In ecstasy,

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In rapture,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In life,

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In rejoice,

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In treasure,

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In transport,

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In moments,

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In width,

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In passion,

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In swoon,

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In aura,

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In rhapsody,

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In sibilance,

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In sequoia,

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In rage,

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In roar,

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In spirit,

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In epiphany,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In shadow,

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In blossom,

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In healing,

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In bloom,

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In felicity,

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In Galaxy,

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In elixir,

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In catapult,

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In sugar,

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In exalt,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In flames,

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In wells,

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In lording,

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In weeping,

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In revel,

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In voice,

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In wave,

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In howl,

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In blossom,

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In bloom,

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In treasure,

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In crash,

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In chaparral,

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In mystery,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In storm,

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In scrawl,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In clay,

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In color,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In hint,

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In saver,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In essence,

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In substance,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In dapple,

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In patter,

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In cheek,

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In speckle,

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In truth,

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In typo,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In flames,

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In flight,

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In marble,

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In ash,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In skin,

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In throat,

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In spark,

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In spit,

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In halos,

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In light,

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Sequoia,

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In willow,

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Blinking,

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In blink,

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In if,

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In so,

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In in,

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In with,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In want,

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In loss,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light,

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In halos,

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In light.

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Thank you for listening.

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[APPLAUSE]

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