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#@@#@%^-,¨ AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A ¨,-^%@#@@#
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##@@#@%^-¨ TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS. ¨-^%@#@@##
#@@#@%^-,¨ BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE ¨,-^%@#@@#
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@@@%%^^-,¨ THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR ¨,-^^%%@@@
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@@##@%^-,¨ WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO ¨,-^%@##@@
#@@#@%^-,¨ UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY. ¨,-^%@#@@#
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