{"id":430,"date":"2019-05-09T06:37:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T04:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alextorio.com\/?page_id=430"},"modified":"2019-05-21T19:17:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T17:17:51","slug":"the-lame-fiancee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alextorio.com\/en\/the-lame-fiancee\/","title":{"rendered":"The lame fianc\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"430\" class=\"elementor elementor-430 elementor-342\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2592ab1 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2592ab1\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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2006)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd73a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efd73a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have an account in Spotify, you can listen to it <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/11Q5iHUXiz6dBO3wVyEaYA?si=RP8wNLMURFq3wVhAQTsdjA\">here<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7924ba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7924ba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>To buy the disc, contact <a href=\"mailto:info@alextorio.com\">info@alextorio.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1191\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">1\u00b7 The lame fianc\u00e9e<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1191\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1191\"><h2><em><strong>THE LAME FIANC\u00c9E<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><p>I\u2019ll tell you how the story went.<br \/>I found her in a blue whale\u2019s tear.<br \/>I was drunk, in the harbor,<br \/>I was sick of my old repartee.<\/p><p>She was so sweet; she was so weak.<br \/>She was a leaf floating in the breeze.<br \/>Soon I noticed she belonged<br \/>To the handful of things I had never seen.<\/p><p>Not especially beautiful; she was lame.<br \/>An empty seashore under the rain.<br \/>I felt like I needed to get a hatchet<br \/>To build a shack for her.<\/p><p>I\u2019d look after her all night long.<br \/>She\u2019d fall in love with me \u2018cause I\u2019d be strong.<br \/>When I woke up she\u2019d be there,<br \/>With her head upon my chest.<\/p><p>She said: I\u2019ve been so alone&#8230;<br \/>I don\u2019t know where I am coming from.<br \/>I remember a big gale,<br \/>A big wave, and a grey moon on the wane,<br \/>And the taste of the sea on my tongue,<br \/>And seaweed in my hair.<\/p><p>The candle flame flickered in the air,<br \/>She moved to bring over the chair,<br \/>Her cold hand, still wet,<br \/>Brushed my dry cheek while she wept.<\/p><p>She drank the tears with a smile,<br \/>We fell asleep after a long while,<br \/>when the moonlight, on the waves,<br \/>allowed the sun to win the race.<\/p><p>A seagull squawked in the wind,<br \/>I feared it had been just a dream,<br \/>One more lie, one more bagatelle,<br \/>A flash remembered, a silly fling.<\/p><p>But then I noticed my bed was warm,<br \/>with the indentation of her form.<br \/>There were footprints on the floor<br \/>And a paper note stuck behind the door,<br \/>Like an awkward tender trace:<br \/>Tomorrow. Same time and same place.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1192\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1192\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">2\u00b7 The sunken galleon<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1192\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1192\"><h2><em><strong>THE SUNKEN GALLEON<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><p>She took her turtle shell<br \/>And followed me to break my bad spell.<br \/>Crabs were in heat<br \/>And they crossed the road, an amazing feat.<\/p><p>She was nothing but skin and bone<br \/>I heard the beat of my old stone,<br \/>As ancient snow was melting down<br \/>A doubtful king was pawning his crown.<\/p><p>She cooked sapphire soup with jellyfish and sugar cane<br \/>And the water she had gathered from the rain.<br \/>Stroking a catfish, she told him a white lie:<br \/>I know, with time, you will learn to fly.<\/p><p>I\u2019m still there, lying on the bed,<br \/>Watching the starfish on her head,<br \/>The coral bracelet and earring,<br \/>The tender smile and the wink.<\/p><p>I can try to change, but I won\u2019t change just to try,<br \/>My lame love, I\u2019m too old to get by.<br \/>Ev\u2019rytime I think about the wasted days<br \/>I can\u2019t stand the sight of my own face.<\/p><p>The prisoner sleeps behind my eyes,<br \/>Far beyond these bars of ice,<br \/>Like a sunken galleon full with gold<br \/>Where the water\u2019s warm and the sharks are bold.<\/p><p>Bring over your pretty face, you little fish I found,<br \/>Blow softly on the scars that you have bound.<br \/>Now your daily joy, so lavish and so fresh<br \/>Feels to me like new skin over old flesh.<\/p><p>But time is something that someone lends.<br \/>It dripped like water through my hands.<br \/>If now I sing my drunken wail,<br \/>It means I vanished from the tale.<\/p><p>She took her turtle shell<br \/>And, following me, she broke my bad spell.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1193\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1193\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">3\u00b7 And now you are so near<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1193\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1193\"><h2><em><strong>AND NOW YOU ARE SO NEAR<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><p>Where are you from? You\u2019re so unreal.<br \/>You\u2019re a puzzle, a hieroglyphic,<br \/>A small clue to a weird background.<\/p><p>No scales on your skin, but a natural-looking fin.<br \/>And the brightest smile in the whole wide world,<br \/>The tale that has never been told.<\/p><p>Time splits into infinite pieces<br \/>When you come over limping to change the way I feel.<\/p><p>And me, in my immeasurable slowness,<br \/>Empty the bucket after the wheel.<\/p><p>I watch you from afar in a lazy dusk,<br \/>When the sea tilts, as the day wilts<br \/>And you are alone on the shore.<\/p><p>And I can\u2019t describe the curve of your lips.<br \/>Mermaid\u2019s secret, mysterious wicket<br \/>I\u2019d bury my tears in your drawer.<\/p><p>My dear, how I long to hear your soft uneven footsteps<br \/>Making these old planks creak, sing.<\/p><p>You are a hint in the darkness,<br \/>A voice in the blindness, a push on the swing.<\/p><p>Defeating death I\u2019d hug your dream.<br \/>In your warm young mouth, I\u2019d regain my will<br \/>To walk again on the sill.<\/p><p>Breaking the mirror, I\u2019d bring you good luck<br \/>For a whole lifetime -or at least seven years-.<\/p><p>Hello, my love. It\u2019s your skin so pearly<br \/>And your red hair all so curly that I\u2019ll always revere.<\/p><p>And now you are so near.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1194\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1194\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">4\u00b7 New skin over old flesh<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1194\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1194\"><h2><em><strong>THE BASTARD THAT I SHOW<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><p>You keep on saying obstinately that tomorrow never knows,<br \/>That I\u2019ll surprise myself one day suddenly in love with you,<br \/>And you base your forecast in my songs,<br \/>where you see I\u2019m not the bastard that I show.<\/p><p>Another proof of what I mean are this very words,<br \/>Another armor, another wall, and you are not afraid to fall,<br \/>But your good faith won\u2019t awake my love,<br \/>Your optimism will get lost in my forest, in my haze,<br \/>And you keep on and on but you are confusing terms<br \/>Because I am&#8230;.I am just the bastard that I show,<br \/>And there might be something good but you\u2019ll never know.<\/p><p>The prize is high and it will get higher- the times I\u2019ve made you cry-.<br \/>But you were thinking it was impossible waving the last goodbye,<br \/>You say I got into your heart forever more<br \/>And you\u2019ll never be the girl you were before.<br \/>But that\u2019s not my problem, it is yours.<\/p><p>And if you are so sure you know me how can you explain<br \/>Your corpse, your bruises, all those beatings, your standing on the wane;<br \/>Don\u2019t justify me, don\u2019t give me shelter,<br \/>not all of us must be fair, feelings are not a response.<br \/>Everybody everywhere I go believe they know me,<br \/>I\u2019m always putting on the top<br \/>the new layers of incredulity they chop.<br \/>So they made of me the bastard that I show.<\/p><p>But if this fact excuses me it could mean that long ago<br \/>I had been good, I had been free, I didn\u2019t feel I had<br \/>To satisfy the world or the books with dots of gold,<br \/>I just had to breath, it was enough,<br \/>I suppose there I learnt what I know about love.<\/p><p>I\u2019ve kept a little of my feelings, a piece of yesterday,<br \/>I have to fight to see you bleeding, a fight against myself,<br \/>I\u2019d heal the wound, I\u2019d cry, I\u2019d stop the hemorrhage,<br \/>I\u2019d stay if I could go at the same time,<br \/>But at last, when I have to choose, I choose myself,<br \/>I choose my body and my house.<br \/>So people wonders everywhere I go:<br \/>How can I write this songs being the bastard that I show?<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1195\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1195\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">5\u00b7 The timeless potion<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1195\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1195\"><h2><em><strong>THE TIMELESS POTION<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><p>I would lift you in my arms.<br \/>I\u2019d be, under your spell,<br \/>A whirlpool, a huge swell,<br \/>The wild poet of your charms.<br \/>I\u2019d wake up early while you sleep,<br \/>Across the cabin I would creep,<br \/>I\u2019d go out to pick some cherries<br \/>To bring your breakfast on a tray.<\/p><p>I could wait until the sun<br \/>Was replaced by the moon,<br \/>We\u2019d watch the twilight swoon<br \/>On the green hill where children run.<br \/>But ev\u2019rytime I try to move<br \/>I feel that sting I can\u2019t remove,<br \/>I\u2019m aching for your loving<br \/>But I can barely follow you,<br \/>My sad smiles are my dry tears<br \/>And my wrinkles are my wounds.<\/p><p>Roseleen, she stole my<br \/>young man\u2019s stripes<br \/>and when the harm was done,<br \/>once she was gone,<br \/>she poured cement into the pipes.<br \/>You don\u2019t deserve this wretched crop,<br \/>A love distilled drop by drop,<br \/>Your joy is the sweet ocean<br \/>Where I would desperately drown<br \/>If I had the timeless potion,<br \/>If I could, If I were young.<\/p><p>But it\u2019s true that there\u2019s a<br \/>little hole, through which your<br \/>light comes through so warm and blest,<br \/>like liquid gold in a broken chest.<\/p><p>My love, don\u2019t let this sunshine come to grief.<br \/>So much to do, and time so brief.<br \/>See those seagulls on the buoy, in fact they are not brave.<br \/>Ignoring any risk, they\u2019re waiting for the final wave.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1196\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1196\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">6\u00b7 The last dive<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1196\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1196\"><h2><em><strong>THE LAST DIVE<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><p>Clouds were blurring the sun the day she<br \/>Left all of her clothes by the sea,<br \/>And watching that threatening sky<br \/>I didn\u2019t even kiss her goodbye.<\/p><p>Her paper ship from side to side,<br \/>Adrift in a blue cygnet\u2019s tide<br \/>I sat down to wait on the shore,<br \/>Guiltless and thirsty for more.<\/p><p>I didn\u2019t know it was over.<br \/>It was over.<br \/>It was over.<br \/>It was over.<\/p><p>The wind smashed sand in my face<br \/>And suddenly that dreamy place<br \/>Began to show all of its cold,<br \/>And I noticed I had always been old.<\/p><p>Then, the night fell on me like a ghost<br \/>Scaring a child that was lost,<br \/>I lit some bonfires on the beach<br \/>With a piece of my heart in each.<\/p><p>She was gone and it was over.<br \/>It was over.<br \/>It was over.<br \/>It was over.<\/p><p>It was over.<br \/>It was over.<br \/>It was over.<br \/>It was over.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1197\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1197\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">7\u00b7 What I took from her<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1197\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1197\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1198\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1198\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed fa fa-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened fa fa-minus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">8\u00b7 Slippery fish<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1198\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1198\"><h2><em><strong>SLIPPERY FISH<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><p>I string a cherry on the hook<br \/>Of my rod of hair and wood<br \/>And I go to the reef.<\/p><p>Standing by the sea I sadly wait<br \/>For my fish to take the bait,<br \/>To sigh with relief.<\/p><p>But she never bites<br \/>In my slow cold nights.<br \/>I steer my anguish<br \/>I drink and languish,<br \/>\u2018till the sun comes with new lies,<br \/>And \u00ed feel so drowsy at dawn,<br \/>And I swallow silent teardrops with each yawn.<\/p><p>How I long to see her little fin,<br \/>When the moon makes the night clean,<br \/>But there\u2019s no trace.<\/p><p>And a sailor comes back along the wide blue road,<br \/>With yellow candles in his boat,<br \/>Lost in the haze.<\/p><p>I pull up the hood<br \/>Of my raincoat, then.<br \/>I can bear the storm<br \/>but not take out the thorn<br \/>that sinks into my chest.<br \/>I\u2019ve got to find the weeping whale<br \/>To write a happy ending for my tale<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bdc5696 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bdc5696\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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