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AFTER IKKYU: 47 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: THE GIRL'S BOTTOM IS BEAUTIFUL AS PEACOCK'S DANCING BEAR
Last Line: THINK OF THE BROWN GIRL AT THE A&W ROOT BEER STAND.

The girl's bottom is beautiful as Peacock's dancing bear
who is 70 miles from any of our fevered instruments.
Neither girl nor bear utter a word to the world in between
in its careless sump. The Virgin said zip to the Garrison.
If you can't dance without music jump into an icy lake.
Think of the brown girl at the A&W Root Beer stand.



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