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<l>If I were a peacock</l>
<l>I would watch you</l>
<l>With a thousand eyes.</l>
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<l>If I were a centipede</l>
<l>I would track you</l>
<l>With an hundred feet.</l>
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<l>If I were an octopus</l>
<l>I would hold you</l>
<l>With eight arms.</l>
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<l>If I were a cat</l>
<l>I would love you</l>
<l>During nine lives.</l>
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<l>If I were a god</l>
<l>I would possess you</l>
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Improvisation Louis Gilmore 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Louis Gilmore June 1924 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Improvisation If I were a peacock I would watch you With a thousand eyes. If I were a centipede I would track you With an hundred feet. If I were an octopus I would hold you With eight arms. If I were a cat I would love you During nine lives. If I were a god I would possess you In three persons. Louis Gilmore

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Improvisation Louis Gilmore 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Alex Telesca's Fame
306 Andrews University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 alextelesca@outlook.com
2019

Copyright © 2019 by Alex Telesca

 The Best Poems of 1924 L.A.G. Strong Louis Gilmore June 1924 Small, Maynard & Company Publishers Boston

Alex Telesca Transcribed and encoded a poem Improvisation If I were a peacock I would watch you With a thousand eyes. If I were a centipede I would track you With an hundred feet. If I were an octopus I would hold you With eight arms. If I were a cat I would love you During nine lives. If I were a god I would possess you In three persons. Louis Gilmore