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<h2> The Taxi </h2>
<p>
When I go away from you<br/>
The world beats dead<br/>
Like a slackened drum.<br/>
I call out for you against the jutted stars<br/>
And shout into the ridges of the wind.<br/>
Streets coming fast,<br/>
One after the other,<br/>
Wedge you away from me,<br/>
And the lamps of the city prick my eyes<br/>
So that I can no longer see your face.<br/>
Why should I leave you,<br/>
To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?<br/></p>
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