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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.