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# Worlds away from anyone

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# They were burning themselves out in the sun

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# Worlds away from anyone

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# They were burning themselves out in the sun

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# There was just enough to get that far away

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# Ooh... #

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'Every now and then, the planets change position,

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'for no good reason, they just do,

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'and suddenly life is simple.

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'It's as if, for once, the whole world is speaking

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'a language you totally understand.

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'After a full-on couple of weeks, I was back in control.

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'No more environment to save, no more girl troubles.

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'No more complications.

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'Take Boof, for example, our arrangement was simple

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'and easy to understand - Boof gave me grief,

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'I out-surfed him.'

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'Yep, the universe had made my life simple again.

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'Unfortunately, it forgot to have a word with my hormones.'

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SIRENS BLARE

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And the Hip! Hop! Hap! Of the clap Of the hands

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To the swirl and the twirl...

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'Do you think my hormones cared I had absolutely no chance of getting

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'back with Vicki Streeton?

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'No, sorry, no listening.'

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To the twirl and the swirl Of the girl gone glancing

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Chancing, dancing Backing and advancing

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Snapping of a clapper to the spin Out and in

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And the Ting, Tong, Tang, of the Guitar.

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GIGGLING

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Do you remember an inn, Miranda?

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Do you remember an inn?

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Um, my name's Lockie.

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LAUGHTER

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Have you been listening at all?

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-No, neither have my hormones.

-LAUGHTER

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So, having trouble concentrating?

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Sorry?

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Look, I realise you must be pretty upset about Dot dropping you.

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If it's any comfort, it doesn't get any simpler

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and women - girls -

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-they're tricky creatures to understand.

-Couldn't agree more.

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They can be a major distraction, but

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I find a hobby or an interest helps, you know, keeps you focused.

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So, you're not into poetry, you're shocking at maths,

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and hopeless at woodwork, so...

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what else does Lockie Leonard like?

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'Vicki Streeton, but I wasn't saying that to my ex-girlfriend's uncle.'

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There's nothing else. Just surfing.

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Got it!

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Form a board riders' association, right here at school.

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Well, beats trying to get your head around girls.

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Hold the press, Vicki Streeton's got the lead in the Nutcracker Suite.

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Nutcracker? What's that about?

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It's a fairy tale romance

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about a girl whose Christmas toy transforms into a prince,

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only for a cruel twist of fate to return him to his original form.

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We should try and get to that, make it a family night out.

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Good idea! Family night out. What do you say, Lockie?

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Excellent idea, Sarge.

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Except I'm sort of busy setting up this board riders' association.

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Ah, yes, well that is a big responsibility.

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Ah well, maybe next time.

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'Yes, this board riders' association was a winner already.

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'Everything was gonna be cruisy from here on.'

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OK, serious talk time.

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I received a very...

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disturbing call from Miss Twaddle

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about your poetry lesson.

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Disappointed isn't the word.

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Aghast is more like it.

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How could you not enjoy poetry?

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It's in your genes.

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I guess I've just got more important stuff to think about.

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More important than poetry? What could be more important than poetry?

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Poetry...can change people's lives,

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it can mend differences,

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help people fall in love.

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Poetry is the language of romance.

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-Isn't that right, Joy? Poetry - language of...

-Romance.

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..romance. What's the problem, son?

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-Having trouble understanding the language of romance, hmm?

-He is!

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Otherwise Dot wouldn't have dumped him.

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-I was gonna dump her first!

-Oh, now, that's gotta hurt.

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It's only natural after being so horribly rejected.

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I was not rejected! And I'm not hurt!

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And I'm not interested in poetry!

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It's not like it's ever going to be useful!

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'As soon as I said it, I wished I could swallow the words back.'

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You mustn't blame yourself, Sarge.

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Maybe I should have read him more Dr Seuss.

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A Leonard without poetry, it's akin to a forest without trees,

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an ocean without water, a room without a view.

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There must be something we can do, Joy.

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Maybe there is, Sarge.

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When was the last time you read me a love poem?

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This morning, don't you remember?

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No, I meant in public.

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Maybe Lockie just needs to see the power of poetry

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on the Leonard lips.

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You should read some of these poems, Lock.

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They're inspired!

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No wonder women love this stuff.

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You should listen to what Sarge says,

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unless you want your next girlfriend to dump you too.

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Night, Philip.

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'Tonight I just want to forget about Vicki and girls

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'and the language of romance, all that confusing stuff.'

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'Come on, Lockie, dream of something simple, something you understand,

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'like the Board Riders' Association or surfing.

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'Or even Boof!'

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Look at you, my princess, poised and perfect.

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I know you're going to make me proud.

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Don't worry, Mum, I'm gonna dance my legs off for you.

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I know you will, my princess.

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You never disappoint me.

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DEMON VOICE: Unlike some children.

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AAAHHH!

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'OK, I didn't need a dream to tell me I had to make it up to Sarge.

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'I just needed a plan, like Philip.'

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"And one was there, a stripling on a small and weedy beast

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"He was something like a racehorse undersized

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"With a touch of Timor pony - three parts thoroughbred at least

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"And such as are by mountain horsemen prized..."

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Good, yeah, terrific. Well done, Philip.

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-Really enjoyed it.

-Whoa, whoa, Lisa.

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He hasn't finished yet.

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Go on, Philip, "He was hard..."

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"He was hard and tough and wiry

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"Just the sort that won't say die."

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Do you have to be a surf-rat to join?

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I mean, can you be a metal head?

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Being able to swim might be useful, Egg.

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-Hang on! Dude, you can't put these up!

-Why not?

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-Read the initials!

-B-R-A?

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Which spells...?

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-Board Riders' Association?

-Have a closer look!

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B-R-A. Bra.

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-Bra! Ah!

-CRUNCH!

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Are you OK?

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Why don't you watch where you're going?

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-It was an accident.

-You sure you're all right?

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-I'm fine.

-You can't be too careful.

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I had a friend who broke her metatarsal - she never danced again.

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-She broke her what?

-Metatarsal. A tiny bone in your foot.

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-And if Vicki's broken it...

-"She never danced again."

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Really?

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Good going, Leonard. What else could go wrong?

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Welcome to the first meeting

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of Angelus High Board Riders' Association.

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Board Riders' Association! Check it out! B-R-A, it's bra!

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THEY LAUGH And you're looking at me because...?

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THEY LAUGH

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And you're looking at me because?

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Good move, Bra Boy. You'd better get the best surfer in the school, huh?

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Lockie's already here, genius.

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Hilarious. Excuse me while I wet myself.

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Fine. And when you're done, feel free to join up.

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Join up? Think I might do more than that.

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Think I wanna be president.

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Hey! It's Lockie's club. If anyone's gonna be president, it's him.

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Prepare to lose, Leonard.

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Bring it on...Boof.

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BELL RINGS

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We'll sort this out tomorrow. Same time. Same place.

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I'll be here.

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'With one disaster postponed till tomorrow,

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'I decided to see how Vicki was.'

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Arms out.

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'And how was she?

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'Totally gorgeous. That's how.

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'Until she started dancing...'

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Step back, forward, pirouette...

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Ow.

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'Argh! How many kinds of bad can I feel at once?

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'Whose life would I ruin next?'

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Who did it? Wait until your father finds out, he'll kill him!

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And if he doesn't...

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DEMON VOICE: ..I will!

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What you may not realise, Lockie, is that poetry can be very powerful.

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It's what made me take another look at your father.

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Oh! He had such a way with words.

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Mum, are you OK? Your arm's kinda twitching there.

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Oh, no! Nothing wrong here.

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I was just saying, Lockie, that

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-your father, the Sarge...

-TOILET FLUSHES

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..had such a way with words.

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"Shall I compare thee with a summer's day?"

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Sarge?

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"Thou art more lovely and more temperate...

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"..when rough winds do shake the darling buds of May."

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Lisa couldn't stop raving about my rendition of

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The Man From Snowy River.

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I think she's ready to commit.

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'My ten-year-old brother

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'knows more about the language of romance than I do!

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'Am I the only one in this family who doesn't understand it?'

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What about you, Cyril?

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BAAAA!

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'I woke up the next day determined to be positive.

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'I mean, bad luck can't go on for ever, right?'

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The way I figure it, Vicki's foot's just bruised -

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be sore for a bit, that's all.

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-Just like one of those 12-hour things.

-Or a 12,000-hour thing.

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Perfect(!)

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Now she'll never want to talk to me ever again.

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I thought you had already reached that stage.

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'Hello? What was that supposed to mean? I'd ruined her life

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'and she's winking at me?

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'At least with Boof I knew exactly what was what.

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'I wanted to be president, he wanted to grind my chances into the dirt.

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'Pure and simple.'

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Let's get this over with, like tearing off a band-aid.

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'Nope, no complications here.'

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Hands up all those in favour of Boof for president.

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Boof! Boof! Boof!

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Let's finish this.

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All those in favour...

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for Lockie.

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Sure, it would have been nice to win,

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but I'm still the best surfer in the group.

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-Definitely no complications here.

-DOOR OPENS

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What do you want?

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Lockie for president.

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All those in favour?

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That's a clear majority for Leonard!

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Why'd you do that?

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Do what?

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Vote for me.

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Maybe it was my way of thanking you.

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But I broke your foot, you might never dance again.

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Maybe I don't wanna dance any more. Maybe I never wanted to be a dancer.

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The only reason I did it was because Mum made me.

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When you stood on my foot it gave me the perfect way out.

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There's so many tiny bones in your foot, it's real easy to fake.

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'John East was right. Girls are so tricky.

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'How was anyone supposed to understand them?

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'But at least she was talking to me again.

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'Quick, brain, think of something to say.

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'Scan the files for a conversation subject.

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'Surf? That's not gonna cut it.

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'Are you kidding? Next!

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'Sorry, Cyril.

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'Argh!

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'Wait, hold on! This could work.'

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What about your Mum?

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Sorry?

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What did you tell your mum?

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Don't worry, I didn't tell her it was you, I said it was an accident.

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Isn't she disappointed, though?

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-She'll get over it.

-But you were the lead role.

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I only got the lead role

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because Dad's car yard's sponsoring the show. I didn't deserve it.

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You're the best surfer at school, you deserve to be president.

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Just don't tell anyone, OK?

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OK. Not a soul.

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Hey, heard about you and Dot.

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Sorry.

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'Vicki knew I existed again

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'and it felt great.

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'It's strange, just when you think you understand someone,

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'they surprise you.'

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A MAN SHOUTS

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What's the use of this sort of stuff?

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'I couldn't hear what Boof's dad was saying,

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'but I'm guessing it wasn't, "I'm proud of you, Son, no matter what."

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'Some families have poetry in their genes - apparently,

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'while others, they have bullying.'

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Oh! That is so good! President - you, president!

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Oh, that is so wonderful! Isn't it just so wonderful?!

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Great to see you putting your mind to something, son.

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Thanks, Sarge.

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And I know there are more important things than surfing,

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like poetry,

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and I promise I'll try harder to understand them better.

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I am so proud of you, no matter what. Just remember,

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poetry is in everything.

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It's everywhere, it's in the air we breathe.

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We just have to look for it. KNOCK AT DOOR

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I'll get it.

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Hey, Philip, I found this at the movie store,

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it's the movie of Man From Snowy River.

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You seemed so passionate about the poem.

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I'm passionate about many things, Lisa. Thank you very much.

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Apparently it's a masterpiece of Australian cinema,

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we should watch it together some time.

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-How are you placed for tonight?

-I don't think that's possible.

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Why? Why is it so impossible?

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-Because the DVD player's broken.

-Oh, of course.

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-I knew that.

-I can't tonight, anyway, I've got plans.

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CAR HORN HONKS

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Anyway, I better run.

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They could be neighbours

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going to the same video shop to return their movies...

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Night, Philip.

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..or she could be going to his house to watch a movie with him,

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and what did she do first? She came here.

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Night, Philip.

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I was the one she bought the DVD for, with her own money

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and it all started with a poem.

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Night, Philip.

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Sarge is right, the language of romance, it works every time.

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'Let's get this straight,

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'I stepped on Vicki's foot and then, suddenly,

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'both her and Sasha get what they want. It's official,

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'Girls make no sense.

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'Luckily, I had other less confusing things to distract me.

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'Like the Board Riders' Association's

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'first surf-off competition.

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'I was psyched. This was going to be the sporting event of the year.

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'The highlight of the surfing calendar.

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'OK, so it wasn't exactly the Bells Beach classic,

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'but who cares, everyone who mattered turned up.

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'And the most important thing was,

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'we were all there to enjoy the surfing and have a good time.

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'Well, almost everyone.'

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So, Lockie, shall we get this party started?

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Sounds good.

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All right, let's do it.

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'So, this is me, Boof and the other surfers through the heats.

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'It took a while, so here's the highlights package.'

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HONK!

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'After four knock-out rounds,

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'it was only Boof and I left, tied for the lead.

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'which meant only one thing -

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'sudden death.

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'Like I said before, with me and Boof, the arrangement is simple,

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'easy to understand. He gives me grief, then I out-surf him.

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'But now, things with Boof weren't so simple...'

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What's the use of this sort of stuff, bend it like a blade of grass.

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Know what you are?

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'..and I knew what I had to do.'

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'This wave coming up, it'd guarantee me victory.

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'and the other day I would have taken it, but not today.

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'Just this once, maybe Boof deserved to win.'

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Yeah! Keep it up, son!

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Yeah!

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CHEERING AND WHISTLING

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Ah, yes. Good boy!

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-Well done, Boof.

-Good on ya, son!

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Hey, Leonard! You might cheat your way to being president,

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but who's the best surfer, eh?

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You, Boof.

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Come on!

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'The way I figured it, I had already won.'

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Well done, son.

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Thanks, Dad. I gave it all I had.

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Oh! You hear that, Joy? A rhyming couplet.

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All is not lost. Told you poetry was in the genes.

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Aw, family hug!

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I can't believe I'm sitting here like some dumb adoring surf chick.

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Again.

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I thought it was really great how you ended it.

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What? Us?

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No, the surf-off with Boof - how you let him win.

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I didn't let him win.

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You're too good a surfer to have missed that wave.

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You handed it to him on purpose. You've grown up, Lockie Leonard.

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Really? You think so?

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It was bound to happen eventually. I just had to be patient.

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'This was it. It was now or never.

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'I had to tell Vicki how I felt, speak the language of romance.

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'But how do you speak a language you don't understand?'

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Poetry is in everything.

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It's everywhere. It's in the air we breathe.

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We just have to look for it.

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Your hair smells like strawberry topping.

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Excuse me?

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That Mum buys, when she goes shopping.

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'Go on, don't give up!

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'Keep looking, there has to be poetry here somewhere.'

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Your eyes are nice and blue,

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like water, that is blue...

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too!

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I know this poem is really dumb,

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but from now on, I promise I'll try harder to understand.

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I'm crazy about you, Vicki.

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'Sarge was right, poetry can change people's lives.

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The poem needs work,

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but you can kiss me again if you like.

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'And just like that, it was as if the planets had shifted again.

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'Suddenly Vicki and I understood each other

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'and it was a beautiful thing, just like poetry.'

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