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TWO LIMERICKS FOR THE ELDERLY: 1 by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD POOP FROM POUGHKEEPSIE
Last Line: Noli tangere,' me / Is implicit but not, I hope, tacit!
Subject(s): LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888);
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/10/magazine/there-was-an-old-lady-from-spain.html


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