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"path": "/article/205858/sick-rose",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-12T11:00:00.000Z",
"site": "https://newrepublic.com",
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"March 2026",
"Poetry"
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"textContent": "The little brown bee\nis inside a rag of white\nrose, sunk deep\nas a fowl in cream.\n\nHis elbow-joints are sticky\nwith suave unguent.\nI stand apart, pink and alone\nin the broadening heat.\n\nIf I was not a flower,\nI would be in tears.",
"title": "The Sick Rose"
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