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Among orange-tile rooftopsand chimney potsthe fen fog slips,gray as rats,

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Among orange-tile rooftops
and chimney pots
the fen fog slips,
gray as rats,

while on spotted branch
of the sycamore
two black rooks hunch
and darkly glare,

watching for night,
with absinthe eye
cocked on the lone, late,
passer-by.

watching for night,with absinthe eyecocked on the lone, late,passer-by

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