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At five precisely out went La Marquise
His nasal ecstasy beats best Cologne
The understanding critic firstly sees
Normal one aims to be and share the throne
It's one of many horrid happenings
When flame a form to wrath ancestral gave
He's gone to London how the echo rings
The nicest kids for strickiest toffees crave
When dried the terrapin can naught express
In indian summers Englishmen drink grog
To prove mamma an adult with a tress
Whiskey will always wake an Irish bog
The Taj Mahal has trinkets spice and gum
Fried grilled black pudding's still the world's best yum


Raymond Queneau

Translation to English by Stanley Chapman
found in "Oulipo Compendium"
Atlas 1998, ISBN 0-947757-96-1

Idea and implementation by Magnus Bodin 1997
Produced in the wonderful country of Sweden.