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#@@^///-,. are dripping with fire. with its song, .,-///^@@#
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@^-....... and the creatures of the sea creep .......-^@
##@@&^/-,. closer, hypnotized and curious, and the .,-/^&@@##
##@@&^/-,. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .,-/^&@@##
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##@@&^/-,. it all liquifies completely, now just a .,-/^&@@##
##@@&^/-,. burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but .,-/^&@@##
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