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,##,,,,,,, FROM   NORTH   TO   SOUTH,  THIRTY   ODD ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,###### KILOMETERS.  FROM  WEST  TO  EAST,  FOUR ##########
,##,,####, THOUSAND METERS.  FROM TOPSOIL TO STONE, #########,
,,,,,,##,, A FOOT OR TWO.  NO ROOTS  CAN FESTER, NO ########,,
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###,,,,,,, EARTH IS  BARE  IN PATCHES  AS LARGE  AS ##########
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,,##,,##,, CROSS IT TO GET TO THE  OCEAN,  OR DON'T ##########
,,,,,,,,,,          TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE.          #########,
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