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[Scaliger turns deadly pale at the sight of watercress] Lyrics by Charles Simic

The World Doesn’t End

1990

Scaliger turns deadly pale at the sight of watercress. Tycho Brahe, the famous astronomer, passes out at the sight of a caged fox. Maria de Medici feels instantly giddy on seeing a rose, even in a painting. My ancestors, meanwhile, are eating cabbage. They keep stirring the pot looking for a pigfoot which isn't there. The sky is blue. The nightingale sings in a Renaissance sonnet, and immediately someone goes to bed with a toothache.

About “[Scaliger turns deadly pale at the sight of watercress]” by Charles Simic

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