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Trees do not naturally sprout from lakes

Trees do not naturally sprout from lakes

I met a traveller from an antique land who said:

I met a traveller from an antique land who said:

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert

He tries to get up on his elbows to look

He tries to get up on his elbows to look

It must be around midnight when the sharks come

It must be around midnight when the sharks come

The rhythm of the conversation is abruptly lost

The rhythm of the conversation is abruptly lost

Everything is silent except for the surf

Everything is silent except for the surf

Any thought that this was just a joke evaporated

Any thought that this was just a joke evaporated

Don’t talk to the Dentist. Ever. Not about anything

Don’t talk to the Dentist. Ever. Not about anything

But he didn’t know who Kafka was

But he didn’t know who Kafka was

He has a home …

He has a home …

… he has a friend …

… he has a friend …

… both new concepts to him

… both new concepts to him

All boys were bad crooks

All boys were bad crooks

Staring at a spot on the sidewalk

Staring at a spot on the sidewalk

Suddenly the pickup bell rings

Suddenly the pickup bell rings

Only the last part was true

Only the last part was true

An angry unemployed man who’d …

An angry unemployed man who’d …

… have been just as angry if he’d had a job

… have been just as angry if he’d had a job

Then she phoned him one night

Then she phoned him one night

She wasn’t going to wake up

She wasn’t going to wake up

You don’t even have to give me a room

You don’t even have to give me a room

Being the obvious center of the universe

Being the obvious center of the universe

Round or flat, whatever

Round or flat, whatever

She reads with great concentration

She reads with great concentration

You must always dress conservatively

You must always dress conservatively

I wonder if there are dogs on Mars

I wonder if there are dogs on Mars

It never listens to me

It never listens to me

Get out of my bloody way

Get out of my bloody way

You spotted snakes with double tongue

You spotted snakes with double tongue

Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen

Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen

Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong

Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong

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