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Nosegay

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May 31, 2016
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pity poor Dante

he rides upon a rouncey

Rocinante rears

his inestimable neigh

as fierce as any dray-horse

caught in flagrante

he makes the bouncey-bouncey

inside the pantry

downs ale-jug after ale-jug

shag-hot hobble-de-nag

glimpsed from the gantry

Beatrice minus flounces

a sweetest nose-gay

against the jeers her ear-plugs

white-noise as any Noh-play

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poor Don Qui…

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