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JAPANESE BEETLES (4). PARODY: HERRICK by X. J. KENNEDY

First Line: WHEN VESTALINA'S THIN WHITE HAND CUTS CHEESE
Last Line: THE VERY MICE GO DOWN UPON THEIR KNEES

Poem Sources:

HOPWOOD ANTHOLOGY; FIVE DECADES OF AMERICAN POETRY.
  THOMAS, HARRY, & LAVINE, STEVEN (EDS.)
  (1981)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LIGHT VERSE.
  HARMON, WILLIAM (ED.)
  (1979)
 



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