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Rupi Kaur Performs "vacation"

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    Hi, everyone.
    My name is Rupi Kaur,
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    and I'm reading
    from my first book of poems,
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    called "Milk and Honey."
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    The poem is called "Vacation,"
    on page 97.
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    did you think I was a city
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    big enough for a weekend getaway
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    i am the town surrounding it
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    the one you've never heard of
    but always pass through
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    there are no neon lights here
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    no skyscrapers or statues
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    but there is thunder
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    for I make bridges tremble
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    i am not street meat
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    i am homemade jam
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    thick enough to cut
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    the sweetest thing
    your lips will touch
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    i am not police sirens
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    i am the crackle of a fireplace
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    I could burn you
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    and you still wouldn't
    take your eyes off of me
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    cause i would look so beautiful
    doing it
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    you'd blush
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    i am not a hotel room
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    i am home
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    i'm not the whiskey you want
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    i'm the water you need
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    so don't come here
    with expectations
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    and try to make a vacation
    out of me
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Rupi Kaur Performs "vacation"
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Rupi Kaur performs a poem from her collection "milk and honey" while backstage at The Tonight Show.

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