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The chipped Limoges plate.(Poem)

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| May 01, 2008 | Smither, Elizabeth | COPYRIGHT 2008 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
THE CHIPPED LIMOGES PLATE 
 
   Because of the chip that mars its border 
   a midday sandwich can sit on it, a pear 
 
   or a slice of cheese, several cream crackers 
   and I can eat off it happily, aristocratically. 
 
   It is the advantage of chipping and flaws: 
   the beautiful damaged thing, adored 
 
   undoubtedly by someone who dropped it, swore 
   put it ...

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