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DRINK by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: MY WHISKEY IS / A TOUGH WAY OF LIFE
Last Line: OF SKYSCRAPERS.
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING;
My whiskey is
a tough way of life:

The wild cherry
continually pressing back
peach orchards.

I am a penniless
rumsoak.

Where shall I have that solidity
which trees find
in the ground?

My stuff
is the feel of good legs
and a broad pelvis
under the gold hair ornaments
of skyscrapers.



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