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Twilight

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A fat young man plays with a pond.     The wind has caught itself in a tree.     The pale sky seems to be rumpled,     As though it had run out of makeup.     On long crutches, bent nearly in half     And chatting, two cripples creep across the field.     A blond poet perhaps goes mad.     A little horse stumbles over a lady.     A fat man is stuck to a window.     A boy wants to visit a soft woman.     A gray clown puts on his boots.     A baby carriage shrieks and dogs curse.

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