Love on the Bar |
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One lime wedge to another said, "Fate's blind! |
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Though I've been sliced, I'm dropped in here with you - |
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For, beautified by your perfume and rind, |
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This garnish tray becomes a Xanadu." |
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"Quotes Coleridge?" said the other, "Coup de foudre!" |
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And she made eyes as only girl-limes can |
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Twisting her cigarette in subtle mudras |
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That said "yes, please - you may" to her lime-man. |
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They smiled, knew passion, smoked more cigarettes |
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And sparked green envy in the other wedges. |
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They drank no jealousy, sipped no regret |
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And never had a chance to break their pledges - |
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For, faster than those lovers in Verona, |
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Both met cold death alone drowned in corona. |
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