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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&& THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨& THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&
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¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨& REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR ¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨ SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK &¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨ THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE ¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO ¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨ MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY &¨¨&¨¨&¨¨¨
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¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨ "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO &¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT &&¨¨¨¨&¨¨&
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¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH &¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨
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