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GROTESQUE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: THE CITY HAS TITS IN ROWS
Last Line: AGAINST HER STOMACH.
Subject(s): CITIES;

The city has tits in rows.
The country is in the main -- male,
It butts me with blunt stub-horns,
Forces me to oppose it
Or be trampled.

The city is full of milk
And lies still for the most part.
These crack skulls
And spill brains
Against her stomach.



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