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,,,====*## FROM  NORTH   TO   SOUTH,   THIRTY   ODD ##*====,,,
,^=\*%#@## KILOMETERS.  FROM  WEST  TO  EAST,  FOUR ##@#%*\=^,
,^=\*%@### THOUSAND METERS.  FROM TOPSOIL TO STONE, ###@%*\=^,
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,^=\*%#@##             DUST CAN LINGER.             ##@#%*\=^,
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,^=\*%###@ HERE  IS  EARTH,  CLAY,  AND STURDY  LOW @###%*\=^,
,=\*%#@### PLANTS.  BUSHES  FRAME  THE  STRIP.  THE ###@#%*\=,
,,,^\*%##@ EARTH IS  BARE  IN  PATCHES AS  LARGE AS @##%*\^,,,
,^=\*%#@##               YOU AND ME.                ##@#%*\=^,
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,,,,,=\*#@ CROSS  IT  TO GET TO THE OCEAN, OR DON'T @#*\=,,,,,
,,,=\\*##@          TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE.          @##*\\=,,,
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