- Well, would you be so kind as to introduce me to the poems themselves?
- Well, I'm not sure.
- I won't be rude about them.
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- Don't worry, I don't inflict my poems on innocent strangers.
- What about some of that long promised tea?
- Yes.
- No, I'd be interested to know about your poems.
- What do you want to know about them? How long they are? Their rhyme schemes? Their major influences?
- Sure.
- Well, would you be so kind as to introduce me to the poems themselves?
- What will you do? Stay silent or tell lies?
- No, I shall choose when I've heard one.
- All right. You know, I have won a National Poetry Award shared with Robert Frost.
- Well, let's hope you stay that way.
- Uh... Let's get this out of the way. I'll give you an early one. That way I'm covered.
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