Adaptation
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One looks lik e a turtle.
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One looks lik e a monk ey.
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One looks lik e an onion.
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One looks lik e a schoolteacher.
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One looks lik e a gymnast.
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One looks lik e that girl in high school
with creamy skin.

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One looks lik e a New York
intellectual...

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... with whom you do the Sunday
Times crossword puzzle in bed.

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One looks lik e a Midwestern
beauty queen.

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One looks lik e Amelia.
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One has eyes that dance.
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One has eyes that contain
the sadness of the world.

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So l got married,
and me and my beautiful new wife...

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...my now ex-wife, the bitch...
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...opened up a nursery.
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People started coming out
of the woodwork to ask me stuff...

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...and admire my plants
and admire me.

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l think some people were really spending
time with me because they were lonely.

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And you know why l like plants?
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Because they're so mutable.
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Adaptation's a profound process.
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lt means you...
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...figure out how to thrive in the world.
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Yeah, but it's easier for plants.
l mean...

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...they have no memory.
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You know, they just move on to
whatever's next. But a person, now...

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...adapting's almost shameful.
l mean, it's like...

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...running away.

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