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1849–1916

O. HENRY

James Whitcomb Riley

O. Henry, Afrite-chef of all delight!— Of all delectables conglomerate That stay the starved brain and rejuvenate The mental man. Th’ esthetic appetite —

So long anhungered that its “in'ards” fight And growl gutwise,— its pangs thou dost abate And all so amiably alleviate, Joy pats its belly as a hobo might

Who haply hath attained a cherry pie With no burnt bottom in it, ner no seeds — Nothin’ but crispest crust, and thickness fit, And squshin’ - juicy, and jes’ mighty nigh

Too dratted drippin’ - sweet fer human needs, But fer the sosh of milk that goes with it.

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