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Happiness
Otherwise
Learning in the First Grade

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One for old snaggletooth
i met a genius
the worst and the best

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Mindful

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Seraphim

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Book of Questions XIV

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Litany

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Remarks to Wellesley College Class of 1996

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Buy One, Get One Free

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The Way We Live Now

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The pile theory


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Bukowski - I Met a Genius

I met a genius on the train
today
about 6 years old,
he sat beside me
and as the train
ran down along the coast
we came to the ocean
and then he looked at me
and said,
it's not pretty.

it was the first time I'd
realized
that.