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Just going to read a
few more short ones,

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and maybe there will
be time for a love

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poem in the spirit of this
residency through which I

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might be able to embarrass
my husband in public.

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But in the meantime,
let's just stay tuned.

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In the meantime,
this is one that's

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called, Things That
Already Go Past Borders.

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There's a section of
poems in this book that

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are all trying to imagine better
worlds, and it was really hard.

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And so I found myself
really clinging to whatever

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little apertures I could, little
hints of other possibilities.

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So this is just one that's a
list of things that already

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go past borders: Trade deals.

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Pathogens.

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Specific passports.

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Particular skill sets.

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Vegetables.

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Car parts.

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Streaming rights.

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Seasonal workers.

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Some insects.

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Certain birds.

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Religion.

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Dialect.

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Music at the right volume.

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Headlights.

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Human remains.

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Wireless signals.

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All manner of money.

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Of memory.

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People in trucks.

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On trains.

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On foot.

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In line.

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In lines.

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Charging checkpoints.

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Wading waist-deep
through rivers.

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Clinging to rafts.

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Or yawning their
way through customs.

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Sisters separated for
decades, whose faces

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are as foreign to each other
as the faces of the dead.

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Seeds.

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Drones.

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Prisoners on planes.

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Dictators in motorcades.

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Orders to kill.

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And longing.

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Yes, this.

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Most of all.

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The longing of families.

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And the longing of storms.

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[APPLAUSE]

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