00:02
So because of a chemical imbalance,
00:05
I don’t really experience joy.
00:09
There’s no bright morning in a bright summer.
00:13
What strong river or arm of wind.
00:17
The moments, when they do arrive on their slow boats,
00:20
fall apart as soon as the light touches them.
00:23
Always it’s in a car, always the windows down,
00:26
always the music too loud.
00:28
It’s never apparent that none of us can sing.
00:32
The way cotton candy falls apart at just the suggestion of rain
00:37
is the only thing I’ve found to describe remembering,
00:39
after you’ve just been happy,
00:40
all the things that make you less alive.
00:43
So, this is the stone at the bottom of the hill.
00:50
This is the sapling and then, later, the chainsaw.
00:53
I have no reason to be here again,
00:57
windows down, ears beginning to ring.
01:01
There’s nowhere to go,
01:03
and I’ll be damned if I ever get there.
01:09
(applause)
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