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"ref": "1991, Richard M. Elman, Tar Beach, page 259",
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"ref": "2014, Keough Collins, My Surrender is Never II, page 29",
"text": "This life is trife!",
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"ref": "2014, The Hidden Stairwell, page 138",
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"ref": "2002, Atmosphere, Onemosphere",
"text": "My life is as trife as your favorite rap record.",
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"ref": "2007, KaShamba Williams, Thomas Long, La Jill Hunt, Around the Way Girls 2, page 31",
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