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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.