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What Finishes First Diminishes

The things we replenish, Before they finish First of all diminish… They don’t really vanish Like in the stories we varnish: And with it The Truth punish… The nice savored dish Chefs superbly garnish, Not forgetting to be stylish, We demolish fast And cause give to not last: A–Once-Obvious like Steely Mast. Still, it doesn’t vanish What progresses to a finish: My tea ever always British My potatoes all the time Irish On this to challenge A Danish Scottish or even the Finnish… Dying leaves not swiftly brownish Nor the hit man, suddenly womanish.

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