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Here's a poem.

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It's called "At
the Night Court."

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Big cities have courts
that go on all night,

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that sort of scene.

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You've combed
yourself carefully,

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your honor, with a small, fine
tooth comb you then cleverly

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concealed before making your
entrance in the splendor

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of your black robes.

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The comb tucked
inside a handkerchief,

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scented with the
extract of dead roses,

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where you took your
high seat, sternly

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eyeing each of the
accused in the hush

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of the empty courtroom.

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The dark, curly
hairs in the comb

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did not come from your graying
head, one of the cleaning women

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used it on herself
when you dozed off

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in your chamber, half
undressed because of the heat.

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The black comb in the
pocket over the heart,

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you feel it tremble, just
as ours do when they ready

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themselves to make
music, lacking

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only the paper you're signing,
by the looks of it with eyes

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closed.

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