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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GROTESQUE, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The city has tits in rows
Last Line: Against her stomach.
Subject(s): Cities
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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