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    "text": "Ils ont vu les Pays-Bas, ils rentrent à Terre Haute;",
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    "text": "Mais une nuit d’été, les voici à Ravenne,",
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    "text": "A l’aise entre deux draps, chez deux centaines de punaises;",
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    "text": "La sueur aestivale, et une forte odeur de chienne",
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    "text": "Ils restent sur le dos écartant le genoux",
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    "text": "De quatre jambes molles tout gonflées de morsures.",
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    "text": "On relève le drap pour mieux égratigner.",
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    "text": "Moins d’une lieue d’ici est Saint Apollinaire",
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    "text": "In Classe, basilique connue des amateurs",
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    "text": "De chapitaux d’acanthe que touraoie le vent.",
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   {
    "text": "Ils vont prendre le train de huit heures",
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   {
    "text": "Prolonger leurs misères de Padoue à Milan",
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   {
    "text": "Ou se trouvent le Cène, et un restaurant pas cher.",
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   {
    "text": "Lui pense aux pourboires, et redige son bilan.",
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    "text": "Ils auront vu la Suisse et traversé la France.",
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    "text": "Et Saint Apollinaire, raide et ascétique,",
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    "text": "Vieille usine désaffectée de Dieu, tient encore",
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    "text": "Dans ses pierres ècroulantes la forme precise de Byzance.",
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