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RIPOSTE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: LOVE IS LIKE WATER OR THE AIR
Last Line: LIKE POETRY!
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;
Love is like water or the air
my townspeople;
it cleanses, and dissipates evil gases.
It is like poetry too
and for the same reasons.
Love is so precious
my townspeople
that if I were you I would
have it under lock and key --
like the air or the Atlantic or
like poetry!



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