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,.~††£§### Crystal White Plains... We  Trudge Along ###§£††~.,
,.~††£§###   The Train Tracks... Themselves Slowly  ###§£††~.,
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,.~††£§### Sharing  In Our Bloodstream.  My  Husky, ###§£††~.,
,.~††£§###      My Warm-Coffee-In-Cold-Snow...      ###§£††~.,
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,.~††£§### The  First  Five  Shots  You  Can  Spend ###§£††~.,
,.~††£§### Indiscriminately,  They Hurt But Deal No ###§£††~.,
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