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William Carlos Williams

(September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963 / New Jersey)

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In this world of
as fine a pair of breasts
as ever I saw
the fountain in
Madison Square
spouts up of water
a white tree
that dies and lives
as the rocking water
in the basin
turns from the stonerim
back upon the jet
and rising there
reflectively drops down again.

William Carlos Williams

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Friday, January 03, 2003

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