Rituals For Computer Operation                     
                                                              
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,,,,,,£,££ Clerks  To  Pray To The "Gods"  Of Their ,,,,£,££,,
,,,,,,,,££ Computer,  Or To The  Daemons  Doing The ,,,,,,£££,
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,,,,,,£,££    ~~# Reassuring Message To Make #~~    ,£,,£,,,,£
£,,,,,,,££     ~~# The Computer Comfortable #~~     ,,£,,£,,,,
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,,,£,,,,,,     ~~# Some Like To Say A Brief #~~     ,,,,,£,,£,
,,,,£,,,,,     ~~# Prayer For Solace, To Be #~~     £,,,,,£,,£
£,,,,£,,,,   ~~# Left Alone During Their Work #~~   ££,,,,,£,,
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,,£,,,,£,,    ~~# Offer A Cup Of Steaming Tea #~~   £,££,,,,,£
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,,£,,£,,,,     ~~# The Daemons Are Allowed #~~      ,,,,£££,,,
,,,£,,£,,,        ~~# To Respond To This) #~~       ,,,,£,££,,
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           Would    You    Consider    Code    Golf           
           To     Be    A    Kind     Of    Prayer?           
           As   In,   You   Make    A   Convoluted,           
           Intricate,   Beautiful,    And   Useless           
           Artifact.  As  In,  You'Re   Using  Your           
           Skills    To    Ask    For    Something,           
                                                              
           ...I'D  Ask  For   A  Handful  Of  Bugs?           
                                                              
           Code    Has   Bugs,    Lots    Of    It.