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LXXVIII
Bosch's Extraction of The Stone of Madness
When I was sitting in a restaurant

I noticed that A Gentleman
quite suddenly
sprouted
a plant-shoot (from an ear!) which

wonderful/beautiful
grew
& grew & I
said to A Lady quite nearby:

Do you see That?!

She did.

And both of us intently watched
the Shoot grow to a Gorgeous Tulip
right out of an ear of That
unmindful Gentleman): Quite obviously
it's what He hath in mind, so

Beauty? I so cautiously suggested
to The Lady by my side

& she: Dirt! casually replied.

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