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Today’s Poem: The Emperor of Ice-Cream

Today’s Poem: The Emperor of Ice-Cream

Eventually, every bed is cold

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Antonio Ermolao Paoletti, A Venetian Ice Cream Seller, c. 1884 (Art Kaleidoscope)

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