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Congratulations goes out to Lobber. The Contest Committee is pleased to announce that Triggers For Loneliness has won the contest Lonely Poem. In second place finished Timeworn Nursery by Gypsy Blue Rose. In third place finished A Lonely World by tld100 and A Sad State of Mind by Spitfire
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