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Part I How happy we are today The feeling will only escape No matter who we blame it on When the thrill is gone, it's gone, it's gone  - Trifonic Warren Biggs thundered into the radio station that sat at the edge of town, the town itself sat at the edge of an expanse of cornfields mingled with six acres of woodland. This was not his day. He arrived with his hands full (as usual) ...
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