A coupla couplets
"-But ouf! So much esprit has left us quite
Parched for a double shot of corps."
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"Upstairs, DJ's already at the simmer
Phoning the company. He gets one pair
Of words wrong—means to say "kalorifér"
(Furnace) but out comes "kalokéri" (summer):
Our summer doesn't work, he keeps complaining
While, outside, cats and dogs just keep on raining."
- James Merrill, The Changing Light at Sandover
(Yeah, the first one's not really a couplet. So sue me!)
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