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~......... ~  *  "Things  Like  Us"  Actually  *  ~ .........~
.......... ~ ~  *  Entails,  How  It Should  * ~  ~ ..........
.......... ~  *   Be   Measured,   Who   Or   *   ~ ..........
.......... *    What    Is    The    Arbiter,     * ..........
.......... ~  *   And  So   Instead   There   *   ~ ..........
.......... ~    ~   *   Is   This   Internationally ..........
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.......... - Life Must Produce Or Consume Milk      ..........
.......... - Life Must Have A Beginning And An End  ..........
.......... - Life Can Have Dreams And Can Interact  ..........
~......... - Life Can Steal                         .........~
/~........ - Life Can Be Cursed                     ........~/
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