2:06:48
For the last time, I heard a voice
that wasn't my mother's,
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whispering, "Good morning, Columbus."
2:06:55
It didn't bother me. Then the voice
became lower and turned into a wind
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that sent the peaceful smell
of cheap cologne.
2:07:06
And I realized, like Columbus, I had
to live in a world of cheap cologne,
2:07:11
and I wasn't sure any discovery
in America was possible anymore.
2:07:15
Smoothing roads and counting fish
wasn't science,
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but somehow
it prepared me for the ocean...
2:07:21
I don't know why, but my father's
words jumped back into my head,
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that work was like a hat on your head,
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and even if you didn't have any pants,
you shouldn't be ashamed of your ass,
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because you had a hat.
2:07:35
And even though my uncle Leo
worked for everything he got,
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I'm not sure he got what he needed.
2:07:43
Elaine and Grace
were really one person,
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too big for one body, no matter how
much they loved or hated each other.
2:07:51
After the storm,
I couldn't say life was beautiful,
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but all I kept hoping for
was the Eskimo boy in my dream
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to run out of one of these doors
and hug me.