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@@*=...... are dripping with fire. with its song, ......=*@@
@£;~...... it lures you closer yet. ......~;£@
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@@@@£*;=~. lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to .~=;*£@@@@
@@@*=..... be shared, shared with others. .....=*@@@
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##@@£*;=~. closer, hypnotized and curious, and the .~=;*£@@##
##@@£*;=~. sludge extends a hand, and they take it, .~=;*£@@##
@£*=~~.... ....~~=*£@
@£*==..... writhing with joy, accepts them all. .....==*£@
@£*=...... they step inside, taking the shape of a ......=*£@
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@@@@£*;=~. it all liquifies completely, now just a .~=;*£@@@@
@£**;;;=~. burning puddle, lit not by the sun, but .~=;;;**£@
##@@£*;=~. by some internal fuel hostile to life. .~=;*£@@##
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