William Smith Otis

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    Not ringed but rare, not gilled but polyp-like, having sprung up
    overnight—

    These mushrooms of the gods, resembling human organs uprooted,
    rooted only on the air,
    —William Jay Smith (b. 1918)

    Miss Otis regrets she’s unable to lunch today.
    Cole Porter (1893–1964)