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he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up.
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He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings.
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He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness.
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But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks.
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Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout.
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