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    "text": "In brilliant gas light",
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    "text": "I turn the kitchen spigot",
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    "text": "and watch the water plash",
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    "text": "into the clean white sink.",
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    "text": "to one side is",
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    "text": "a glass filled with parsley⁠—",
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    "text": "crisped green.",
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    "text": "Waiting",
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    "text": "for the water to freshen⁠—",
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    "text": "I glance at the spotless floor⁠—:",
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   {
    "text": "a pair of rubber sandals",
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    "text": "lie side by side",
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    "text": "under the wall-table,",
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    "text": "Waiting, with a glass in my hand",
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    "text": "—three girls in crimson satin",
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    "text": "pass close before me on",
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    "text": "the murmurous background of",
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    "text": "Parsley in a glass,",
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    "text": "brings me back. I take my drink",
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