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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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