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#§§§§*=~~¨ § AUTONOMOUS RAILMAKERS WILL NOTICE § ¨~~=*§§§§#
##£§§*=~~¨ § WILDLIFE IN THEIR PATH AND STOP, § ¨~~=*§§£##
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#£§§§*=~~¨ TEAL, FLOODLIGHTS, THRUMMING AND ¨~~=*§§§£#
£§=~~~¨¨¨¨ HISSING. TRILLING TO EACH OTHER, LIKE ¨¨¨¨~~~=§£
#§§§§*=~~¨ LANGUAGE. AND HERE, THREE OF THEM, ¨~~=*§§§§#
£§§§*=~~~¨ SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE ¨~~~=*§§§£
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###§§*=~~¨ TO THE LEFT, HIDDEN BEHIND THE THICK ¨~~=*§§###
#£§§=~~~~¨ FOLIAGE. THEIR LIGHT FINDS THE GAPS ¨~~~~=§§£#
###£§*=~~¨ BETWEEN THE LEAVES, CASTING RAYS ¨~~=*§£###
##£§§*=~~¨ THROUGH THE WET AIR, PLAYING OVER MY ¨~~=*§§£##
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##£§§*=~~¨ OVERTAKE THEM, CROUCH IN THE DITCH MADE ¨~~=*§§£##
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§§§§§*=~~¨ STAY IN THE PATH OF THE RAILMAKER, ¨~~=*§§§§§
§§§§§*=~~¨ FORCING IT TO PAUSE, FURTHER SEPARATING ¨~~=*§§§§§
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###§§*=~~¨ KEEP THE RAILMAKERS INTERNAL CHEMISTRY ¨~~=*§§###
£§*~~~~¨¨¨ WELL AWAY FROM THEIR VARIOUS EXHAUSTS. ¨¨¨~~~~*§£
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