Uploaded by speakeasynyc on Feb 13, 2011
"Why Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog" performed by Taylor Mali Mali who is the author of What Learning Leaves and the Last Time as We Are (Write Bloody Publishing). Mali has been on seven National Poetry Slam teams; six appeared on the finals stage and four won the competition. He has appeared in the documentaries "SlamNation" (1997) and "Slam Planet" (2006) and also in the HBO production, "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Mali has recorded four CDs.
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i keep wanting to clap on these videos like im there
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@seirdo Nothing lasts forever.
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@seirdo Love never dies. You can never stop loving special people in your life. You're a sad, depressed individual.
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haha BRILLIANT!
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Wow, that's depressing.
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Nawwww!! :D
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That was fantastic! So simple it seems but artfully spun with comedy and thoughtful awarness.
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Loving that dog, sorry love, noise.
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@seirdo How can you say that...
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@seirdo people dies the love hes talking about never dies.it stay deep in your heart.
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Why is it that the top rated comments on this beautiful, joyous poem are all so cynical and sad?
PCO12321 6 months ago 46
He never got to the part where love always dies
seirdo 11 months ago 37