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,,,,,,###, YOU." I  DON'T  QUITE LIKE  THE TONE  IN ,,,,,###,,
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,,,,,,,,## THEMSELVES.  THERE IS A  HUNGER  IN THEM #,,,,,,###
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,###,,,,,, THEY GIVE  ME  WRISTBANDS  AND  ANKLETS, ,,,,#,,,,,
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,,#,,,,,,# THEY GIVE ME FOOD:  PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ,,#,,#,,,,
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,,,,#,,,,, "OUT OF  THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ,,,,#,,#,,
,,,,,#,,,, FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY  TWO, BUT ,,,,,#,,#,
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