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A Lost Cause ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠗⠑⠉⠑⠊⠧⠑⠀⠍⠽⠀⠺⠕⠗⠙⠎⠀⠁⠎⠀⠓⠑⠀⠎⠓⠕⠥⠇⠙⠂⠀⠉⠕⠍⠊⠝⠛⠀
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⠠⠊⠄⠍⠀⠀⠃⠑⠛⠊⠝⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠅⠀⠞⠓⠁⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠄⠎⠀
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⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠝⠄⠞⠀⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠃⠑⠑⠝⠀⠁⠇⠇⠕⠺⠑⠙⠀⠺⠓⠑⠝⠀⠠⠊⠀⠺⠁⠎⠀
⠁⠀⠛⠊⠗⠇⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠎⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠁⠇⠞⠑⠗⠑⠙⠀⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀
⠍⠥⠉⠓⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠃⠑⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀⠙⠥⠗⠊⠝⠛⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠇⠁⠎⠞⠀
⠋⠊⠋⠞⠽⠀⠀⠽⠑⠁⠗⠎⠂⠀⠠⠇⠥⠉⠽⠀⠎⠁⠊⠙⠀⠏⠕⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙⠇⠽⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀
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⠁⠝⠙⠀⠏⠕⠍⠏⠕⠥⠎⠀⠕⠇⠙⠀⠞⠓⠊⠝⠛⠀⠋⠕⠗⠀⠽⠑⠁⠗⠎⠲⠀⠠⠁⠀
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⠞⠓⠑⠝⠂⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠕⠥⠞⠀⠋⠥⠗⠞⠓⠑⠗⠀⠁⠙⠕⠂⠀⠎⠓⠑⠀⠃⠥⠗⠎⠞⠀⠕⠥⠞

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