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APPEARANCE AND REALITY by JOHN HOLLANDER

First Line: HIGGLEDY-PIDDLEDY %JOSEPHINE BONAPARTE
Last Line: PRUDENCE (HER TEETH WERE A %CARIOUS GREEN)

Poem Sources:

JIGGERY-POKERY; A COMPENDIUM OF DOUBLE DACTYLS.
  HECHT, ANTHONY, & HOLLANDER, JOHN (EDS.)
  (1983)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LIGHT VERSE.
  HARMON, WILLIAM (ED.)
  (1979)
 



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