\input setup
\elevenpoint
\baselineskip=14pt
\parskip=\baselineskip
\nopagenumbers
\centerline{\largest Metropolitan}
\bigskip
\centerline{Andrew Marc Greene}
\centerline{21.760 Couplets}
\vskip 1in

\obeylines
The stone fa\c{c}ade of the ancient building calmly looks on
As the crowd mills in front, proudly singing.
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At their forefront a group of gendarmes cluster.
Their uniforms blaze bright blue and red.
\null
Their attention is fixed on the man at the foot of the steps.
His clothes hang in grey tatters, his face drips with tears.
\null
In his arms lies the limp body of a Gypsy woman,
Her green dress stained with her scarlet blood.
\null
Before her yaws a pit, across which
Hundreds of onlookers applaud the final\'e.

\bye