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#@@§§**»^¨ THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ¨^»**§§@@#
###@@§*»^¨ THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ¨^»*§@@###
###@@§*»^¨ AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT ¨^»*§@@###
###@@§*»^¨ REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ¨^»*§@@###
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###@@§*»^¨ WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ¨^»*§@@###
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###@@§*»^¨ "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ¨^»*§@@###
#@@@§»¨¨¨¨ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ¨¨¨¨»§@@@#
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