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HOT SUMMER AFTERNOON by FAIRFAX DOWNEY

First Line: SIX CHOC'LATE MILKSHAKES READY TO DRINK
Last Line: THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY UNLESS THEY WERE HOLLOW.
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING; SUMMER; WINE;

Six choc'late milkshakes ready to drink
(@3All the little flappers blew bubbles in their sodas@1).

Glug! go the straws as the milkshakes sink.
Click go the checks for the six that follow...
Twelve choc'late milkshakes being drunk there
(@3All the little flappers go gurgley, gurgley@1).

No wonder for dinner they don't much care;
They couldn't possibly unless they were hollow.



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