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Poor old Abner, old white-haired nigger!
I remember when you were so strong / you hung yourself by a rope round the neck / in Doc Hollister's barn to prove you could beat / the faker in the circus -- and it didn't kill you.
Now your face is in your hands, and your elbows / are on your knees, and you are silent and broken.