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SPOUTS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: IN THIS WORLD OF / AS FINE A PAIR OF BREASTS
Last Line: REFLECTIVELY DROPS DOWN AGAIN.
In this world of
as fine a pair of breasts
as ever I saw
the fountain in
Madison Square
spouts up of water
a white tree
that dies and lives
as the rocking water
in the basin
turns from the stonerim
back upon the jet
and rising there
reflectively drops down again.



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