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stop look &

listen Venezia: incline thine ear you glassworks of Murano; pause elevator nel mezzo del cammin’ that means half- way up the Campanile, believe

thou me cocodrillo—

mine eyes have seen the glory of

the coming of the Americans particularly the brand of marriageable nymph which is armed with large legs rancid voices Baedekers Mothers and kodaks —by night upon the Riva Schiavoni or in the felicitous vicinity of the de l’Europe

Grand and Royal Danielli their numbers

are like unto the stars of Heaven

i do signore affirm that all gondola signore day below me gondola signore gondola and above me pass loudly and gondola 42