It's been done before, of course, but not AFAIK exactly this way.

$,=27;for$.(map{(ord)-42}split$.,q
4;021*D761=@3*5@39*=DB:@34){$I=95,
$_.=substr(q)[)x$,.q x]xx$,,$.,54-
$.-$.).q.,.}map{sub{my($l)=@_;$,=q
{sub{my$I=shift;$l->(sub{$I->($I)(
@_)})}};eval(qq{$,->($,)})}->(sub{
my($l)=@_;sub{++$I,ref($_[0])=~m~Y
~x?$l->($_[0]->[0]):($..=chr$I),$I
=95}})($_)}eval;map{y},j{p:}{J P}+
print}qq;$.\n;

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The original encoding of the text was somewhat more aesthetically pleasing; it's probably obvious, but if not it can be seen by inspecting $_ at the obvious point. I squished it in an attempt to fit the thing into a sig - with minor edits the above can be reformatted into a 79x4 block, and no doubt someone who (unlike myself) actually knows Perl would be able to get it shorter still and/or get rid of the magic numbers without expanding it further...

In reply to Dysfunctional JAPH by Porculus

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