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They spend their days in Mylar towers
In castles made of laser light
They look down their plastic noses
At the sorry slaves below
They mate in test tubes
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Read HTML script
Breathe monoxide fumes
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Do you feel them
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this is...kind of alarming. creepy in the least. explains a lot. and shows you how america has changed.
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I like it. It has thay right edge of creepiness.
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