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,##,#,#,## ME  FEATURING  AS THE CUTE  AND  ASOCIAL #,#,##,###
#,######,, RADIO  OPERATOR,  STATIONED  IN THE BACK ####,##,,#
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,#####,#,, THE TAIL,  AND DROP  SOME  OFF, AS A WAY ##,#,,#,##
#,,,,###,, OF  EARNING  SOME  EXTRA  MONEY.  BUT  A ,###,###,#
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#,,##,###, MIDDLE   OF  THE  NIGHT   AT  THAT?  NOT #,#,#,#,##
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,,#,,,,##, MANY  OTHERS AWAKE,  THEY  KNOW  NOTHING ,,,,,#,,#,
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,#,,#,,##, WHEN  I  FALL  AWAKE IN  THE  AFTERNOON, ##,#,#,,,,
##,##,#,#, KARL  IS  THERE,  SMILING  AT  ME.  "HEY ,#####,,,,
,##,###### BOY,"  HE  SAYS, "WANNA  HELP ME  MAKE A #,,,,#,,,#
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,###,,,##, AFTER HE'S  BROUGHT ME  COFFEE,  I  DIAL #,######,#
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#,##,##### AFTER  A   WHILE   THERE'S  A  REPLY  IN ,#,,,,#,,,
##,##,,,,# PAN-SLAVIC.  KARL  LAUGHS  AND  MAKES  A ##,,,##,,#
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