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So I'm actually going
to read a poem of his

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from his first collection
as a kind of invocation.

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It's called Of Mule and Deer.

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Out of a tin, cold, murmuring
black wood lightly you lope

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Pale deer lifting
a story of pages

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Lifting a story
from pages of snow

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Nothing turns in
your eye, they say

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Toward the tin, cold,
and murmuring black wood

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I bear a display
case of blue light

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Say it was the sky

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Say all you want, it was the sky

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In addition to being an
amazing poet, as you've heard,

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Farid is really good at
taking selfies, the arms.

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So I'm going to ask him to
indulge me for a second,

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and I hope you'll all
indulge me in taking--

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my phone's right there, babe--

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taking a selfie with us.

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You got to do your arm.

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Oh, I got it.

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It's locked.

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Sorry.

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[LAUGHTER]

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We do this all the time.

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It's totally--

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[LAUGHTER]

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OK.

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Can everybody squeeze in?

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[LAUGHTER]

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Yeah, once again.

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And of course, I do.

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OK, everybody wave.

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Best poetry audience
in America, say cheese.

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OK.

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OK.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Yay.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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OK.

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Thank you so much.

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[LAUGHTER]

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All right.