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 "title": "Portrait of a Woman in Bed",
 "poet": "William Carlos Williams",
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    "text": "There’s my things",
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   {
    "text": "drying in the corner:",
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   {
    "text": "that blue skirt",
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   {
    "text": "joined to the grey shirt⁠—",
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  ],
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   {
    "text": "I’m sick of trouble!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Lift the covers",
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   },
   {
    "text": "if you want me",
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   },
   {
    "text": "and you’ll see",
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   },
   {
    "text": "the rest of my clothes⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "though it would be cold",
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   },
   {
    "text": "lying with nothing on!",
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  ],
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   {
    "text": "I won’t work",
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   },
   {
    "text": "and I’ve got no cash.",
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   },
   {
    "text": "What are you going to do",
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   },
   {
    "text": "about it?",
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   {
    "text": "—and no jewelry",
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    "text": "(the crazy fools)",
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    "text": "But I’ve my two eyes",
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   {
    "text": "and a smooth face",
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   {
    "text": "and here’s this! look!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "it’s high!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "There’s brains and blood",
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   },
   {
    "text": "in there⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "my name’s Robitza!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Corsets",
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   {
    "text": "can go to the devil⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "and drawers along with them!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "What do I care!",
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  ],
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   {
    "text": "My two boys?",
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   },
   {
    "text": "—they’re keen!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Let the rich lady",
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   {
    "text": "care for them⁠—",
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   },
   {
    "text": "they’ll beat the school",
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   },
   {
    "text": "or",
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   {
    "text": "let them go to the gutter⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "that ends trouble.",
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   {
    "text": "This house is empty",
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   {
    "text": "isn’t it?",
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   {
    "text": "Then it’s mine",
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   {
    "text": "because I need it.",
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  ],
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   {
    "text": "Oh, I won’t starve",
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   {
    "text": "while there’s the Bible",
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   {
    "text": "to make them feed me.",
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    "text": "Try to help me",
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   {
    "text": "if you want trouble",
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   {
    "text": "or leave me alone⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "that ends trouble.",
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    "text": "The county physician",
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   {
    "text": "is a damned fool",
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   {
    "text": "and you",
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   {
    "text": "can go to hell!",
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    "text": "You could have closed the door",
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   {
    "text": "when you came in;",
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   {
    "text": "do it when you go out.",
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   {
    "text": "I’m tired.",
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