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Morning

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...    And all the streets lie smooth and shining there.     Only occasionally does a solid citizen hurry along them.     A swell girl argues violently with Papa.     A baker happens to be looking at the lovely sky.     The dead sun, wide and thick, hangs on the houses.     Four fat wives screech in front of a bar.     A carriage driver falls and breaks his neck.     And everything is boringly bright, healthy and clear.     A gentleman with wise eyes hovers, confused, in the dark,     A failing god... in this picture, that he forgot,     Perhaps did not notice - he mutters this and that.    Dies.    And laughs.     Dreams of a stroke, paralysis, osteoporosis.

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"...    And all the streets lie smooth and shining there...."

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