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###£**/~.. must've  angered  the sun, and today  it ..~/**£###
#¶¤@%\»,,. still burns us  strangely.  but with the .,,»\%@¤¶#
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##@#&=;«^¨ calendar and  timepiece as  long  as you ¨^«;=&#@##
#@#@$=»..¨ know what year it  is. every page  is  a ¨..»=$@#@#
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###££%*--, drawing  of  a muscle cow, but  i  could ,--*%££###
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