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Judi Sutherland - The Wrapping-Room
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The Wrapping-Room
Judi Sutherland
In the palace of Versailles, a room was set
aside for the wrapping-up of gifts.
Picture it, industrious, equipped
with rolls of paper, ribbon reels, rosettes
and gauzy tissue in rococo shades –
where, schooled in the ancient art of origata
by a specially-imported Japanese master,
half a dozen buxom parcel-maids
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