Who donated this frail and dumb book of nouns?

It is mostly arid and partly exploitation.

Cornelius, isn't it you? You are the only

one who would be as liquid as to donate such a nugget.

I am upset, but come, ask us: Is one Italian

too many? I, myself contribute explicit correspondence

from doctors, laborers and Jupiter.

They have to be quick with words.

Quality comes with these letters, which, as one patron urged,

are more than a man can eat in a cyclical year.

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