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etherized
First known use in 1847
Unlike Thagomizer, not a word coined by Larson
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question …
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.
In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.
That butterfly must come from the same place as Puff the Magic Dragon.
By the sea?
I was going for the land called Honah Lee, from the species name.
