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#,,##,,,,# CRYSTAL WHITE PLAINS...  WE TRUDGE ALONG ,,,####,,#
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#####,,,,# SNOWED  OVER, IN  THE STILL  HOURS SINCE ,,,,,,,###
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####,,,,## SHARING  IN  OUR BLOODSTREAM. MY  HUSKY, ##########
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