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.....~~*=§     RECRUITING TAKES PLACE IN PEOPLES    §=*~~.....
......~~*= YARDS, OR OUTSIDE  STORES, OR WITH A BIT =*~~......
.....~~*=§        OF VIOLENCE AND TRICKERY.         §=*~~.....
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...~~*=§## THROW  THE   FOURLEGGERS   INTO  A  VAN. ##§=*~~...
..~~*=§### DECODE  THEM. SORT  THEM  BY SPECIES AND ###§=*~~..
.~~*=§####                  TASTE.                  ####§=*~~.
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.~~*=§#### DECORATE  THE  DOG,  DECORATE  THE  DOGS ####§=*~~.
..~~*=§### MIND,  UPSIZE  THE PAWS,  OR  THE  WHOLE ###§=*~~..
...~~*=§##   CREATURE, FRAME A BURROUGHS PORTRAIT,  ##§=*~~...
....~~*=§# SING A TUNE ABOUT BEING BROUGHT TO  YOUR #§=*~~....
.....~~*=§ ROADS END AND REBORN  AS SOMETHING ELSE. §=*~~.....
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.....~~*=§ YOU    CAN'T    GO   THE    SAME    WAY, §=*~~.....
....~~*=§#  UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH ANOTHER PATH IS   #§=*~~....
...~~*=§## OPEN. A GRIMIER, GRAINIER, MORE  PAINFUL ##§=*~~...
..~~*=§### APPROACH. HOPEFULLY BLISS IS AT THE  END ###§=*~~..
.~~*=§#### OF  IT, BUT  I  DON'T  KNOW. MIGHT  JUST ####§=*~~.
~~*=§##### RUIN  YOU.  WILL   PROBABLY   RUIN  YOU. #####§=*~~
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