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Poetry | May 2005

Layette

By Carol Church

1.

Domestic felines. Flowers. Ballerinas.
Poodles. Gardening tools.
Butterflies, but not caterpillars.
Rabbits, but not hedgehogs.
Purses, heels, accessories.
Words in French.
Panda bears and candy.

2.

Vehicles, all types but horse-drawn.
Reptiles and amphibians, extinct and extant.
Balls of any kind.
Caterpillars, but not butterflies.
Dogs, excluding poodles.
Space travel. Earth-movers. Insects. Yachts.
Implements of carpentry.

3.

Certain fruits and vegetables.
Giraffes. The sun. Snowmen. Ducks.
Nonpredatory ocean life.
Primates:
only sometimes.

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