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..~/*@&@##                                          ##@&@*/~..
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.....~/*@&     .                              .     &@*/~.....
......~/*@    .#.      alvar west coast      .#.    @*/~......
.......~/*     .                              .     */~.......
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.........~ going  south  by the  rocky  shore.  the ~.........
..........     montaneous shore, the cliffs and     ..........
..........      ravines, and the oceans raving.     ..........
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.........~ watch your step  or, or your wheels,  if ~.........
........~/ youre such  a  being,  for to  the  west /~........
.......~/* lies  the  sea.  and  to  the  east  are */~.......
......~/*@ thorny bushes, large as trees  but  also @*/~......
.....~/*@&   miniscule, camouflaged in the grass.   &@*/~.....
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...~/*@&@#     old territories poke through and     #@&@*/~...
..~/*@&@## resurface.  never  mind  them, but maybe ##@&@*/~..
...~/*@&@# the  beauty   in  their  walls  tell  us #@&@*/~...
....~/*@&@ something. i admire  the way they strech @&@*/~....
.....~/*@& over  the land  to  the  eastern shores, &@*/~.....
......~/*@      but never north, never south.       @*/~......
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........~/ the road is old and  broken,  and  would /~........
.........~ stress your joints, even if  you were to ~.........
.......... never   leave  it  (which  you  should). ..........
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