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Fix the Haiku

Change this slightly scrambled haiku to its unscrambled form and fix the capitalisation and punctuation along the way.

Start file

at over-matured the sushi
master the
is of full regret

End file

    At the over-matured sushi,
    The Master
    Is full of regret.

View Diff

1,3c1,3
< at over-matured the sushi
< master the
< is of full regret
---
>     At the over-matured sushi,
>     The Master
>     Is full of regret.

Solutions

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