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..§...§.§. -   .   WEARING    THE    TEARS    .   - .§§§.§.§§§
.§§..§§§§. -  . .  . OF FAILED  WORKERS  .  .  .  - §..§§§§..§
§.§.§...§§ -  . AS WATER PEARLS  ON HER SCALES  . - §.§...§.§§
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....§.§§§§ .  .  THE  TWO  BEAMS  OF  A  QUASAR . . ..§.§..§.§
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.§§.§§....       IT'S, MIKU, THE BRIGHT LIGHT,      §..§.§..§§
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§.§.§§§.§. .  LAUNCHED  TO  ENVELOP  THE  EARTH   . §§.§§..§.§
§§§§..§§§§ . AND TO WATCH AND OPEN HER FLOODGATES . .§§.§.§§§.
...§.§.... .   .   .   EVEN   SO   OFTEN   .   .  . §.§§§§..§§
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.§...§..§. * : : TO  LEAD  THE  ANIMAL CHOIR :  : * .§..§§§§§§
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.§.§.§§..§ * : : : : NOW SHE'S EYEING YOU : : : : * .§§§....§.
§§§§§.§.§§ *  : :  WITH A DISINTERESTED FACE  : : * §..§...§§.
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...§...§.. - ^ -  -  NOW SHE'S EYEING YOU  - - ^  - §§.§.§§§.§
..§§..§§.. - : : TRACING THE SHAPE OF THINGS  : : - .§§§§..§§§
.§.§.§.§.. - : :  - - ^  ^ TO COME  ^  ^ - - :  : - §...§.§..§
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