[
  {
    "title": "Success Comes to Cow Creek",
    "author": "Edward Taylor",
    "lines": [
      "I sit on the tracks,",
      "a hundred feet from",
      "earth, fifty from the",
      "water. Gerald is",
      "inching toward me",
      "as grim, slow, and",
      "determined as a",
      "season, because he",
      "has no trade and wants",
      "none. It's been nine months",
      "since I last listened",
      "to his fate, but I",
      "know what he will say:",
      "he's the fire hydrant",
      "of the underdog.",
      "",
      "When he reaches my",
      "point above the creek,",
      "he sits down without",
      "salutation, and",
      "spits profoundly out",
      "past the edge, and peeks",
      "for meaning in the",
      "ripple it brings. He",
      "scowls. He speaks: when you",
      "walk down any street",
      "you see nothing but",
      "coagulations",
      "of shit and vomit,",
      "and I'm sick of it.",
      "I suggest suicide;",
      "he prefers murder,",
      "and spits again for",
      "the sake of all the",
      "great devout losers.",
      "",
      "A conductor's horn",
      "concerto breaks the",
      "air, and we, two doomed",
      "pennies on the track,",
      "shove off and somersault",
      "like anesthetized",
      "fleas, ruffling the",
      "ideal locomotive",
      "poised on the water",
      "with our light, dry bodies.",
      "Gerald shouts",
      "terrifically as",
      "he sails downstream like",
      "a young man with a",
      "destination. I",
      "swim toward shore as",
      "fast as my boots will",
      "allow; as always,",
      "neglecting to drown."
    ],
    "linecount": "53"
  }
]