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Boots!

Where would we be without boos?

Where would we be without good?

No, Tzuberg.

It's a rhetorical question, sir, but where would we be without books?

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Michael Silverblad, and this is Bookworm.

Today we're going to talk about a collection of poetry called Splash State,

a fantastic title by Todd Colby. About it, John Ashbury says, this dazzling collection confirms Colby's status as one of the finest and funniest poets of his generation.

It's published by the Song Cave,

and in order to get in the mood, you know, one of the things about him, he's a bit hyperactive.

The state he aspires to is the state of bliss. It's an unquestionable thing.

Many poets aspire to a meditative sadness, melancholy, not this one.

Let's hear right away a poem.

It's the first thing in the morning poem.

It's called morning poem. Morning poem. I could have you, need you,

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