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Bill MacEachern Oct 2018
IMPERFECT UNION

Oh whoa is US
What can we do
Our perfect union’s
So long overdue

We The People
Have been here before
Back 15 years
And 20 score more

We fought our neighbors
Our brothers too
Oh whoa was US
And what we did do

Those battle drums
They beat again
Not Reb’s, not Yank’s
Now, Rep’s and Dem’s

Oh whoa is US
What can we do
Our perfect union’s
About to undo
Bill MacEachern Sep 2016
Inhumane was said  
Six million dead  
Gassed,slaughtered  
Degraded  

Inhumane we dare  
At Jeffrey Dahmer  
Kidnapper, killer
Evil embalmer  

Inhumane it read  
Black man dead  
Dragged by his feet  
Decapitated  

Inhumane we say  
A young man who's gay  
Found bound,beaten  
Left dead in the hay  

Inhumane we cry  
As so many die  
In crumbled buildings  
From terror in the sky  

Inhumane  
I hear say  
But only humans  
Act this way
Bill MacEachern Aug 2020
Instant Love
1) 1 Part You(Must be soulmate to Me)
2) 1 Part Me(Must be soulmate to You)
3) A lifetime of waiting.........................
4)A forest of “Falling Leaves”🎼
5) A shared passion for Love,Laughter,Life & Passion
6) 60 years of music....................🎼
7) A shared uncontrollable compulsion to Sing,Whistle,Tap,Bang and most of all, be consummate Finger Snappers!!
8) 2 pair Dancing Shoes
9) A boat load of Destiny,Fate and Prodding from the Love Guru’s
10) 2 Hello’s

Directions;
1) Slowly mix all ingredients, this MUSTbe done SLOWLYYY and with high regard to each other’s feelings and capacity and styles of LOVE...if not , you risk causing LOVE to crumble and fall...
2) After all ingredients have been SLOWLY mixed...Dance,Rock, Roll, Laugh, Jump, Skip, Hop, Snap Them Fingers You Got and finally Shake On it.......Then LOVE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Warning;
If you rush in like fools and Love Crumbles.............
You will need
1) Stubborn Soulmate
1) Love Rock
1) Fool willing to surrender
“Falling Loves” references a Van Morrison song we love
“Love Rock” is a Boulder we sat on after a restaurant meet after breakup, made up while continued talk on rock!❤️
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
I Remember

I remember a time
When all was so bright
With bustling crowds
And neon lit nights

Covered wagon caterpillars
And bunnies of blue
Teacups that spun
You sat in them too

I remember the days
When scooters could fly
Pinball was king
And everything thrived

I remember the smells
Of hot dogs & beer
I remember it all
And wish it still there

Bill MacEachern
05/02/2022
Bill MacEachern Feb 2021
I Saw The Psychedelic Lights ☮️

It was in our music
As well as in song
Come on people
Let's all get along

Love, Peace and Happiness
Was what we preached
It was our Trinity ☮️
Our core belief

There was Dylan, Baez
And MLK
Apostles of peace
With something to say

And...
All We Are Saying
Is Give Peace A Chance
And
Let It Be
Our glorious chant

By: Bill MacEachern
02/27/21
Hippism
I wood walk for leisure
I wood walk for me
I wood walk and listen
To old woods that creak

I wood walk at daybreak
I would walk and breathe
I wood walk while tasting
The scent of wet leaves

I wood walk and ponder
I wood walk the trail
I wood walk the winter woods
When I want to feel

I wood walk in rhythm
I wood walk alone
I wood walk and whistle
As birds sing along

I knock on the knotted pines
And walk right on in
Then roam the wooden pews
Of my church again

Bill MacEachern December 13, 2023
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
Knight Dreams

Walk with me
In my dreams
Tell me all
Of everything

I’ll reply
With a smile
Then we’ll walk
And reconcile

Stroll along
To our song
Talk of things
Of years now gone

Reminisce
With our lips
Wouldn’t that be
Marvelous

I’m your Knight
You’re my Queen
We can meet
In my dreams

Photo & Poetry
By: Bill MacEachern
October 22, 2022
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
“Lang May Your Lum Reek"

Leave
A light on
Like
A fire aglow
Keep
One burning
As
A warm hello

Leave
A light on
Illuminate
The way
Let
Neighbors know
They’re
Welcome to stay

Leave
A light on
Not
Just for books
It’s says
You’re welcome
Come
Into my nook

Leave a light on
Its
Simple to do
If
Down turns them
Off
It’s
All up for you

By Bill MacEachern
October 10, 2022
Bill MacEachern Apr 2017
Learned Love

At first
For us
It was Love
It was Lust
It was learning
And stress
And all of the rest

Battles and wars
And slamming some doors
So many "it's over!"
And lots of
"We're through!"
Said with conviction
What were we to do

We tried no more talking
And some Friend Blocking
We lied to our friends
What were we to do

Well....
What we did do
Was give in to truth
The love that we share
Is not without fear
But the friendship we hold
Will grow till we're old
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
I’ve never fathered children
To say or call my own
Though
Do Have many offspring
Of things
I’ve seen, then sown

I’ve fathered many words
Which fathered many more
Some grew into poems
Though none
We’re named…
"Lenore"

I developed many photos
Tweaking
Here and there
They may live on forever
I’ll leave them in your care

I’ve conjured many dishes
Some
I’ve written down
Other's
Will expire
They’ll go
When I am gone

I’ve never fathered children
Though
Leave this legacy
I know
It’s not the same
But…
Keeps good company

By: Bill MacEachern
October 13, 2022
Bill MacEachern Aug 2022
Life’s Linguistics

Music is language
That speaks
To us all
It asks
And it tells
Like human
Bird calls

Food is our greeter
It says…
Come on in!
It gives
Then it feeds
With warm
Welcome grins

Art is the glue
That says
We’re all human
It draws us
All in
While we’re all
Bloomin’

By Bill MacEachern
August 5, 2022
Bill MacEachern Feb 2019
Happy Valentines!!!

LOVE BE

Love Is
Love Was
Love Can
Love Does
Love Will
Love Did
Love Wants
Love Gives
Love Rains
Love Shines
Love Sings
Love Chimes
Love Feeds
Love Eats
Love Blooms
Love Grows
Love Flys
Love Soars
Love Dives
Love Crushes
Love Builds
Love Surprise
Love Thrills
Love Heals
Love Hurts
Love Shies
Love Flirts
Love Laughs
Love Weeps
Love Falls
Love Leaps
Love Finds
Love Seeks
Love Dwindles
Love Peaks
Love Mends
Love Breaks
Love Calms
Love Quakes
Love You
Love Me
Love Always
Love Be
Love Love Love
Bill MacEachern Sep 2016
Well paint my wagon
****** red!!
Can this be the woman
I ran from and fled
This beautiful Lady
I Love so and trust
I spoke with a tongue
Of ***** disgust

First time I flew, I said...
"stupid me"!
Why do you run
From all that can be
Love....
Never felt
Flowed free from my pores
Then I ran slamming
Slam slamming all doors

Love was a language
Elusive to me
A tongue that's no secret
Yet never could speak
Then came you
My speech therapist
A Miracle worker
My Love linguist
Bill MacEachern Sep 2016
I miss you my Darling
In such a bad way
I know that I shouldn't
Or dare even say

But I do
I Honestly do
I honestly find myself
Longing for you

As if we've been we
For life and a day
I miss you I do
I do dearly say
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
Love Song

I want to write a love song
On what I feel inside
I want to say I love you
In ways that make us cry

I want to sing it out
All my working days
Until I head back home
In your arms again

I want to show my love
In ways you’ll know for sure
Just like a waiting puppy
Just sitting by the door

I want to write it all down
On all you mean to me
And it will be our love song
As long as love will be

By Bill MacEachern
October 11, 2022
Bill MacEachern Oct 2016
Love was grand
Then went bad
Love was happy
Then turned sad
Love was worship
Churned to scorn
Love was life
Burnt and mourned

Love is worth
All it tolls
All the warts
And all it's moles
I'll do it again
If only I could
With all the bad
And all the good
Bill MacEachern Oct 2018
My name is Bill MacEachern
But Andrew calls me Bup
Phonetically Ma Geck Grin
And people ***** it up

My Name is Bill MacEachern
A full blown Mac I am
Others are McEachern
But really we're the same

My name is Bill MacEachern
Scottish are the Mac's
Irish is McEachern
Though that's not always fact

My name is Bill MacEachern
Son of = Mac
Eachern= HorseLord
It's all in Gaelic
Just a ditty on my Gaelic last name
Bill MacEachern Apr 2019
Man From Manhattan

There once was a man from Manhattan
Whose piggy bank his Dad did fatten
He had tiny hands
For such a large man
But that never kept him from grabbing

By Bill MacEachern
Limerick
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
🎄 Ma’s Tree🎄

Bulbs, lights and tinsel
Ring memories
Each bulb a treasure
That went on Ma’s Tree

Unpacked with kid gloves
Like newborn baby’s
Kids dared not touch
Such fragility’s

Ma left the fun part
For all of us kids
Like licking the spoon
Us kids dug right in

Handfuls of tinsel
Were flung on Ma’s tree
Topped with her angel
High up on it’s peak

Bill MacEachern December 17, 2023
Bill MacEachern Sep 2016
Tick Tock Lane
A sign that caused my head to crane

In time my wonder got to me
So Googled what there was to see

And so I saw to my horror
The story of Elmer the clock maker

He killed his wife
And did some time
Then married again
Those wedding bells chimed

In two years time Elmer's no more
Two men came shooting
New wife and Elmer

His wife survives
She testifies
"This is for Ma" is what I heard...
Tick Tock Tick Tock
Was time finally served
Bill MacEachern Sep 2016
I didn't know.
I didn't think
That you would be  
My everything
  
My everything  
Indeed you are
My every thought
Is you by far
  
I think of you  
As music plays
Of how you sing
And dance  
Your way
  
I think of you  
And how you took
This lonely heart
And made it shook
  
I think of Us  
And all the hours
Amazing too
This love of Ours
  
I hadn't known.
I hadn't thought
This love of ours
Would be this hot
Bill MacEachern Aug 2022
Natural Wonder

If there were an earthquake  
They surely wouldn’t know
Their love is so tremendous
They’d hardly feel the blow

If there were a twister
They wouldn’t even sneeze
Love is their shelter
They’d only feel a breeze

If there were a flood
They’d stay high & dry
Love is a mountain  
Their ark in the sky

If there were a riot
Or even a stampede
Their love is like a shield
For all the world to see

Loves force of nature
Will nullify the rest
A true natural wonder
Can weather any test

By Bill MacEachern
2018
Photo Credit: Richard Lam
Bill MacEachern Mar 2023
Nestlings

I write best
Close to the vest
I attest
It’s what I know
Best

In my nest
It’s what I
Behest
I write best
Close to the vest

Be my guest
I’ll unload
My chest
Be just like
An inner inquest

I write best
Close to the vest
Just sit tight
I’ll feed ya
The rest

Bill MacEachern
03/24/23
Bill MacEachern May 2020
New Leaf

I’m on a new
Path today

A different kind
Of way

A way
just begun

A path
I know none

But the path
I will take today

I’m SixtySome
I’ve had my fun

But time
To turn a leaf

A side
I don’t know

But it’s
Where
I will go

I’m on a new
Path today...
New Swear Word

Tommy woke at 3 AM
To yelling, taunts and swears
This time Tommy heard his Ma
Use words he never heard

"Abuse” echoed through the house
Straight to Tommy’s ears
Cowering under covers
Tommy snored on every word

"I’m not going to be…
abused anymore!”
Tommy’s mother shouted
Sounding more like a roar

Tommy woke the next day
Then groggily recalled…
Is "abuse” a new swear word
He knew he had to know

Getting out the big word book
That Tommy always used
Tommy hoped to find
The answer to “abuse”

Tommy was dismayed
On all it had to say
“Abuse” was not a swear word
Though saw it everyday

Bill MacEachern August 23, 2024
Bill MacEachern Feb 2023
No Distance No Time

Their love
Had no distance
No paper
No time
Their love
Was a lifeline
To last
A lifetime

They knew
The moment
Their love
Drew them in
Two mates
One soul
Was what
Would begin

Bill MacEachern
Bill MacEachern Aug 2023
No Exit No Retreat

We CHARGE
Into love
There is
No RETREAT
It’s instant addiction
That cannot be
Beat

Love’s addiction
Is like no other
While trying to
Abstain
Forever
You’ll love her

There are
No rehabs
No 12 steps
If the arrow is true
There are
No Exits

Bill MacEachern August 14,2023
Bill MacEachern Mar 2021
Nomad

Been flying solo
All of my life
Old news to girlfriends
And former wives

It wasn’t just them
I hadn’t stayed with
There were many a friend
And old acquaintance

Didn’t realize then
As I do today
I’m a nomad at heart
Who’ll stray over stay

I also know now
It’s freedom I need
Free to move on
Free to be free

I’m happy this way
It’s simple
You see
I’m happy alone
And happy with me

By Bill MacEachern
03/26/2021
Bill MacEachern Feb 2019
I’m not black
I think about that
What it must be like
Not being white
I’ll never have a clue
How black can make one blue
A stigma to be worn
From the day that you are born
I’m not black
I’m thankful for that
White’s a lifetime bonus
Black... a burden that’s bogus
No one white wish’s to be black
That says it all...
Think about that
Bill MacEachern Oct 2016
November 8, 2016

Oh what to do
We've only
These two
One is a liar
The other askew

We are so divided
On who'll be decided
The News
And their pundits
Are all so one sided

We debate and discuss
On who'd be less fuss
When sadly
we know
Neither's a plus

I don't have the answer
Or know all the truths
But one thing I know
I love all of You!

Bill MacEachern 10/16/16
Bill MacEachern Nov 2018
At times I’m at
A loss for words
And so I write
Some things
I’ve heard
Things that
May not
Be so true
But who
Would care
Would I
Would you

It’s not like truth
Is all that they say
It could be last night
As well as today
I’ve seen it go
Here
As well as go
There
But one thing is
Certain
It’s not always
Clear

And so I write
Nothing today
Nothing to
Share
Nor nothing
To say
But write
I will
Until
I fill
This blank
And
Lonely
Page

By:Bill MacEachern
Old
Bill MacEachern Aug 2023
Old
Old

Old

I feel it now
Getting old
I feel now how
It’s…not all gold

I feel it more
Since yesterday
I’d rather stay
Than go ’n' play

It’s not so bad
Don’t get me wrong
I’m really glad
I’ve lived this long

I travelled ‘round
By thumb 'n' car
Slept under bridges
In Florida

My pal Hohner
Tagging along
We’re always kissing
When blues come on

Been to rehab
Eyes wide open
We’re all in a struggle
We’re all a bit broken

I got to see
Niagara Falls
I got to hear
The lovebird call

I sweetly weeped
Obama’s win
And lived to see
Him win again

I feel it now
Growing old
All my memories
Just pure gold

Bill MacEachern August 9, 2023
Getting on…
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
Old Boy

In the valley
Of my soul
Lives a boy
Who never grows old

The kid’s a keeper
Of my regrets
He holds the key
To all my secrets

He opens the book
Of shame and self doubt
Turning pages
To purge it all out

Chapters need reading
And read with a shout
Ones like
The Boy And The Older Adults

Deep inside
The young man resides
Living with scars
His needs unrealized

Gifts from within
Came with no guide
Art, words and music
So little applied

Outside now
He runs a lame man
Running as fast
As doubting feet can

Keeping his friends
At bay with his plans
Rarely giving them
All that he can

Same with music
And all his art
Never near finished
But boy what a start

Always the actor
Doing his part
Playing for laughter
With a sad heart

Bill MacEachern September 2016
Bill MacEachern Apr 2018
One Day At A Time

I’m still alive
Though not intact
I strive and strive
To stay on track

I try, I fail
I try again
I need to heal
It never ends

The coarse was set
With little wind
My sail’s a net
It’s hard to win

LIke a tattoo
One stain at a time
What I’ve accrued
Is pain in my prime

I work what I got
With smiles and grins
I want to give up
But fight giving in

So I’ll go on
One day at a time
Till I am upon
Life’s finish line

Written By: Bill MacEachern
I’ve experienced many downfalls in. My life,  physical and mental abuse from mother and father, abandoned by father,  alcoholic  Parents, victim of ****** abuse, discovered my mother when she died...
I was falsely accused of child ****** abuse(found innocent) and had a shotgun stuck in my face during a bank robbery...
I attempted suicide several times, at least two were serious ,
My first attempt of sobriety was at the age of 20.  A year after my mother died, I was successful for 5 years....
Bent on and off sobriety several times since, at this moment, sober again for 5plus years...
The poem is trying to describe what I feel is the reasons for my struggles in being more successful in life than I’ve been, it’s as if I have preprogramming to failure...
Bill MacEachern Nov 2018
I’m alone a lot
But, then again
I’m really not

I may only
Have you
But you’re more
Than will ever do

Some may
Have many
But for many
That’s none

Having only you
Makes their many
Seem so
Outdone
Love Friendshio loyalty
Bill MacEachern Aug 2023
Only Alone

Life alone
Isn’t lonely
Life alone
Only means only

Only I play
Only I write
Only I hear
The dawn birds delight

Only I seek
Only I trek
Only I gaze
At summer’s sunset

Life alone
Some can flourish
Gives one time
To live…
Re-nourish

Bill MacEachern August 12,2023
Bill MacEachern Sep 2016
Picked it up
When just a kid
Found I had talent
Was just always hid

Play it by ear
No music is read
Lucky that way
It's all in the head

Whip it out!!
Is what I hear say
Whip it out!!
And let's hear you play

Blues is my music
Makes me happy
Blues is the music
My ears plainly see

Jonathan Edwards
In his shanty
Makes room for
Wammer Jammer Dickie

My Harps always there
When happy or sad
I whip it right out
Even when I am mad

My Harp is my Friend
A true pocket Pal
I love my Harmonica
Can't you all tell
Bill MacEachern Apr 2017
POEM FOR YOU

A poem for you
Is what I will do
Put down some words
Ones not yet heard

They will say love
In such a fine way
With title above
That says what I say

A poem for you
Is all that will do
Words that will rhyme
With just the right time

They will say, You
Are all that I need
Words that are true
Is what you will read
Bill MacEachern Mar 2023
Pondance Of The Past

How long
Will it last
Before
It’s the past

What must
It be
To make
History

How should
It look
To make
The big book

Will what
Is said
Share only
A shred

I just
Want to know
Who told you
So

But what
I must ask
About all
The past

Will it
repeat
If we
All don’t think…

Bill MacEachern  
03/23/23
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
Popeye

I’m a ruffian
I’m unrefined
Still unpolished
What’s mine is mine

I’m a ruffian
An un-tumbled stone
Got rough edges
So I live all alone

I’m a ruffian
Like Popeye says
"I am what I am,
And that’s all that I am.”

By: Bill MacEachern
October 17, 2022
Bill MacEachern Aug 2023
Puzzle Box

Emotions and memories
Kept in a box
Pieces of puzzles
Thoughts that we thought

Unpacking words
Fractured pictures
This one looks good
This one fits better

Write a short story
With so many words
Don’t use a thousand
Fifty will serve

Make a big picture
Show what you see
With plenty of feeling
Of life’s memories

Bill MacEachern August 15,2023
Bill MacEachern Dec 2023
Rabbit Hole

I woke one morning
Everyone’s gone
We fell in that rabbit hole
In what we call phones

Gone is the laughter
It’s all lol
It’s not really funny
Not even giggles

Hello, Is that you
Or phisherman
You say you want
To be friends again

I miss the connections
That ring a ding a ling
Saying hello
With our voices again

I don’t want lyrics
I’d rather hear song
Volley’s of voices
Of words strung along

I woke this morning
Missing my friends
I’ll send you my feelings
In emoji sad grins

Bill MacEachern December 11, 2023
Bill MacEachern Oct 2022
Rain

Rain
Dripping wet
Tires spray
Drip drop drip

Puddles splash
Wipers swish
Colorform leaves
Stick stick stick

Signals shine
Mirrored roads
Raindrops fall
It pours n pours

Coffee brews
Slippers donned
Rain rain rain
All day long

By: Bill MacEachern
October 23, 2022
Bill MacEachern Sep 2016
Tiny shards of ice
Bouncing off the ground
Like shattered glass
Mimicking the sound

Yearning to be snow
Intricate as lace
Instead, micro mirrors
Searching for a face

Hoping to float, flutter
Dart like a bee
Sorry little rain drop
Tis not cold enough
To be
My first poem I ever gave a serious try....
Was under my truck doing a repair...
Suddenly, I hear a strange sound, I turn my head and see sleet bouncing off the ground...
Went home and did my poetic best to describe
Rainy At My House

Torrents of rain
Flume for the gutters
Blankets of gray
Spread out above us

Treetops sashay
Swinging here and then fro
Like wild swing dancers
Commandeering the floor

Windows bead heavy
With water droplets
Some are seen racing
With weightful swiftness

Wrens still sing
With treetops for cover
It makes a great stage
As well as umbrella

Shhhhh of wet tires
Hog all the air
It's rainy at my house
But sunny somewhere

Bill MacEachern August 2024
Bill MacEachern Nov 2018
I really didn’t know my mother
I knew her moods
But, I didn’t know her
And I really don’t think she knew her children
She knew our names...mostly
But, she didn’t know us
I know my mother loved singing
I heard my mother sing
"How much is that doggie in the window”
And
One of my favorites
"Charming Billy"
I know she liked to cook
I know she read The Godfather and Valley Of The Dolls
I know she liked having a party
I know family holidays STRESSED her out
I know she had many friends
I know she drank a lot
I know she went out a lot
I know she drank and went out a lot with her many friends
I know she had many blackouts
I know she could go from very pleasant to wicked mean, instantly, especially when drinking
I know that she hated my father
I think she hated my father for not doing what needed to be done to make it all work out
I think maybe she resented her sons for being his sons
I know my mother was brutalized by her father
I know my mothers father followed my mother wherever she went as a teen because he didn’t trust her
I know my mothers father called her terrible names that a father should not call a daughter
I know that my mother married an alcoholic who gambled too much and beat her for his own sins
I wish I knew other things instead of these things about my mother
But...
I know my mother would have liked me to remember other things too...
Bill MacEachern May 2019
You really are a putz
You beep, you crowd
Your radio’s loud
You act like such a nut

You really are a pain
You swerve, you brake
For heavens sake
You rarely use your brain

You really think your queen
You text, you read
All while you speed
And then get really mean

A bully is what you are
The swears, the rage
Not acting your age
All this while driving a car
I live in Massachusetts, we call each other Massholes!
Bill MacEachern Aug 2022
Road Trip

I Love a road trip
With no where to go
Just hop in the car
And go with the flow

I love a road trip
That turns into more
Breakfast in Boston
Then off to the shore

I love a road trip
With ice cream and clams
A stroll on the beach
No cares and no plans

I love being out
With me and with you
I love a road trip
With all of its views

By Bill MacEachern
8/13/2022
Bill MacEachern Nov 2022
Role Playing With Fire

Fact and fiction
Role play with fire
Black is now white
Truth now a liar

Shall I be silent
Blindfold my tears
Bury my head
Dismiss all my fears

Shall I do nothing
Sit on my fists
Ignore all the hatred
That surely exists

Shall I be deaf
Cotton my ears
Block out the drumbeat
Of doom in the air

If I see something
Shall I say something
Or just walk on by
Ignore what’s occurring

Shall I self censor
Let truth expire
While Fact & fiction
Role play with fire

Photo & Poem By: Bill MacEachern
November 3, 2022
Bill MacEachern Mar 2023
Roots On The Rock

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
I’m here to see
My roots on
The Rock
Out here
On the sea
I’m Billy
From Boston
And happy
To be
Here in St. John’s
With my Newfie family

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
I have to say
Your warmth
And your kindness
Make us want
To stay
We Drink
Of the screech
Then kiss a cod fish
I’m happy to stay
If that’s
All of your wish

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
Grandpappy’s
Home
He left
You for Boston
When fish
Went to roam
He met
My grandma
A lass from Kilbride
Then both said "I do”
And became groom & bride

Oh…
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
I’m here to see
My roots on
The Rock
Out here
On the sea
I’m Billy
From Boston
And happy
To be
Here in St.John’s
With my Newfie family

Bill MacEachern March 12, 2023
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