Rupi Kaur Performs "vacation"

Rupi Kaur performs a poem from her collection "milk and honey" while backstage at The Tonight Show.

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Rupi Kaur Performs "vacation"
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Hi, everyone.
My name is Rupi Kaur,

and I'm reading
from my first book of poems,

called "Milk and Honey."

The poem is called "Vacation,"
on page 97.

did you think I was a city

big enough for a weekend getaway

i am the town surrounding it

the one you've never heard of
but always pass through

there are no neon lights here

no skyscrapers or statues

but there is thunder

for I make bridges tremble

i am not street meat

i am homemade jam

thick enough to cut

the sweetest thing
your lips will touch

i am not police sirens

i am the crackle of a fireplace

I could burn you

and you still wouldn't
take your eyes off of me

cause i would look so beautiful
doing it

you'd blush

i am not a hotel room

i am home

i'm not the whiskey you want

i'm the water you need

so don't come here
with expectations

and try to make a vacation
out of me