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££,,£,,,,£    ««# Reassuring Message To Make #««    ,£,££,,,£,
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,,,,£££,,£     ««# Prayer For Solace, To Be #««     ,,,,,,,£££
£,,,£,££,,   ««# Left Alone During Their Work #««   ,,,,,,,£,£
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,£££,,,,££     ««# Or A Meal To The Machines #««    ,,,,,,,,,,
,£,££,,,£,    ««# (Sometimes, By Fey Rules, #««     ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,£££,,,,      ««# The Daemons Are Allowed #««     ,,,,,,,,,,
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           Would    You    Consider    Code    Golf           
           To     Be    A    Kind    Of     Prayer?           
           As   In,    You   Make   A   Convoluted,           
           Intricate,   Beautiful,    And   Useless           
           Artifact.  As  In,   You'Re  Using  Your           
           Skills    To    Ask    For    Something,           
                                                              
           ...I'D  Ask   For  A  Handful  Of  Bugs?           
                                                              
           Code    Has    Bugs,    Lots   Of    It.