As others of the stanzas seemed to be.

Stiver.

Why yes, and I am sure it could not tax

Your powers to get a little more inserted—

Falk [clinking glasses with him].

You cram it in, like putty into cracks,

Till lean is into streaky fat converted.

Stiver [unruffled].

Yes, nothing easier—I, too, in my day

Could do the trick.