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FOR VIOLA: DE GUSTIBUS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: BELOVED YOU ARE
Last Line: O QUINCE OF MY DESPONDENCY.
Subject(s): CAVIAR;

Beloved you are
Caviar of Caviar
Of all I love you best
O my Japanese bird nest

No herring from Norway
Can touch you for flavor. Nay
Pimento itself
Is flat as an empty shelf
When compared to your piquancy
O quince of my despondency.



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