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TWO LIMERICKS FOR THE ELDERLY: 2 by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: A TOUCHY OLD GENT FROM COHASSET
Last Line: Aren't propelled by just Schweppes! - / That peppy old poop from Poughkeepsie
Subject(s): LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888);
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/10/magazine/there-was-an-old-lady-from-spain.html


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