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††--,,,,,, EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ,,,,,,--††
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$††--,,,,, IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ,,,,,--††$
††--,,,,,, THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ,,,,,,--††
†--,,,,,,, THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ,,,,,,,--†
--,,,,,,,, CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,,,,,,,,--
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,,,,,,,,,, AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ,,,,,,,,,,
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--,,,,,,,, FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ,,,,,,,,--
†--,,,,,,, TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ,,,,,,,--†
††--,,,,,, TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ,,,,,,--††
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¶£$††--,,, BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ,,,--††$£¶
#¶£$††--,, YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,--††$£¶#
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¶£$††--,,, AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ,,,--††$£¶
£$††--,,,, EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,,,,--††$£
$††--,,,,, FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,,,,,--††$
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