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    "text": "Witness, would you⁠—",
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    "text": "one more young man",
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    "text": "in the evening of his love",
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    "text": "hurrying to confession:",
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    "text": "steps down a gutter",
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    "text": "crosses a street",
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    "text": "goes in at a doorway",
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    "text": "opens for you⁠—",
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    "text": "like some great flower⁠—",
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    "text": "a room filled with lamplight;",
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    "text": "or whirls himself",
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    "text": "obediently to",
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    "text": "the curl of a hill",
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    "text": "some wind-dancing afternoon;",
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    "text": "lies for you in",
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    "text": "the futile darkness of",
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    "text": "a wall, sets stars dancing",
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    "text": "to the crack of a leaf⁠—",
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    "text": "and⁠—leaning his head away⁠—",
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    "text": "the bitter powder from",
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    "text": "his thumb’s hollow,",
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    "text": "takes your blessing and",
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    "text": "goes home to bed?",
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    "text": "Witness instead",
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    "text": "a dark vinegar smelling place",
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    "text": "It strikes midnight.",
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