In a smart burnoose, Khadour looked on, amused; br it suited him, to pick the choicest fruit br from market stalls, comparing each with all br and, smiling, then point out the Eastern style br allowing customers to choose what must br be brought to table straightway, and what ought br to be allowed to ripen a degree; br and so, politely indicate the sin br of thinking that the West were always best… br br br [An experiment in five-stress lines br internally rhyming the first, second or third foot br with the last (fifth) foot; br as an alternative to end-rhymes.. br br The first line is from Elizabeth Bishop, br which promoted the experiment..