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Charles Simic
(9 May 1938)
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  Green Buddhas
On the fruit stand.
We eat the smile
And spit out the teeth.


Charles Simic

Submitted Date :  Monday, January 13, 2003
Submitted Date :  Thursday, June 30, 2011



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Adnana Karahasanovic Zeljkovic (5/26/2010 7:45:00 AM)
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Watermelons are full of vitamin P.
Just eat a lot, and you'll see
There's more to melons and their seeds
As your bladder so urgently pleads.

Congrats! ! !
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