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Under the cupola

Taking some liberty about the name and plot of the Stephen King's famous novel (and TV series) to make this challenge. Are you able to recreate graphically the key phrase of the story? (I think is gonna be hard!)

Start file
The pink stars are falling in lines
End file
T   p    s     a   f       i  l
 h   i    t     r   a       n  i
  e   n    a     e   l          n
       k    r         l          e
             s         i          s
                        n
                         g

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1c1,7
< The pink stars are falling in lines
---
> T   p    s     a   f       i  l
>  h   i    t     r   a       n  i
>   e   n    a     e   l          n
>        k    r         l          e
>              s         i          s
>                         n
>                          g

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#19 brett / @brettyukich - Score: 144 - 09/19/13 @ 00:16
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