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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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