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EMPEROR OF ICE CREAM: You Don’t Need a “Weather Vane” to Know Which Way the Wind Blows, Also “High Rise Low Rise”

The Emperor of Ice-Cream BY WALLACE STEVENS Call the roller of big cigars,The muscular one, and bid him whipIn kitchen cups concupiscent curds.Let the wenches dawdle in such dressAs they are used to wear, and let the boysBring flowers in last month’s newspapers.Let be be finale of seem.The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. Take from the dresser of deal,Lacking …