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-......... recruiting takes place in peoples .........-
.......... yards, or outside stores, or with a bit ..........
.......... of violence and trickery. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... throw the fourleggers into a van. ..........
.......... decode them. sort them by species and ..........
.......... taste. ..........
.......... ..........
-......... decorate the dog, decorate the dogs .........-
=-........ mind, upsize the paws, or the whole ........-=
==-....... creature, frame a burroughs portrait, .......-==
*==-...... sing a tune about being brought to your ......-==*
&*==-..... roads end and reborn as something else. .....-==*&
#&*==-.... ....-==*
##&*==-... you can't go the same way, ...-==*#
###&*==-.. unfortunately, though another path is ..-==*##
####&*==-. open. a grimier, grainier, more painful .-==*###
###&*==-.. approach. hopefully bliss is at the end ..-==*##
##&*==-... of it, but i don't know. might just ...-==*#
#&*==-.... ruin you. will probably ruin you. ....-==*
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