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###¶#*=~,, hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is ,,~=*#¶###
#*§§~,,,,, there and it's draining the evil ,,,,,~§§*#
####*§=~,, straight out of the wound. ,,~=§*####
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¶*§§§=~~,, it's massaging your temples, piercing ,,~~=§§§*¶
##¶#*§=~,, you, entering your blood, cracking the ,,~=§*#¶##
#*§§§§=~,, skull open. a paw grips your brain, ,,~=§§§§*#
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##¶#*§=~,, solitary oscillations. carrier wave. ,,~=§*#¶##
##¶#*§=~,, burned away by the suns radiation until ,,~=§*#¶##
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##¶#*§=~,, eventually caught in the gravity well ,,~=§*#¶##
#*§~,,,,,, of some second rate water planet. ,,,,,,~§*#
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¶¶¶#*§=~,, alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the ,,~=§*#¶¶¶
¶¶#§§§=~,, back route up from the beach to avoid ,,~=§§§#¶¶
#**§~,,,,, the crowd. sing a little to myself. ,,,,,~§**#
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##**=,,,,, suddenly, an acid flashback: i step ,,,,,=**##
##¶#*§=~,, down in my mind (like an open mind / ,,~=§*#¶##
#*==,,,,,, fractal stinger / bismuth staircase) ,,,,,,==*#
#§§§=,,,,, and wade in shadows... surrounded by ,,,,,=§§§#
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#¶#§==~~,, like uprocessed film.... ,,~~==§#¶#
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#§~,,,,,,, is in the bottom floor of a narrow ,,,,,,,~§#
##¶#*§=~,, mudbrick building, painted teal. we ,,~=§*#¶##
##¶#*§=~,, live on the second floor, together with ,,~=§*#¶##
###¶#*§=~, the owner. as i close the metal ,~=§*#¶###
###**§=~,, curtain, behind its characteristic ,,~=§**###
##¶#*§=~,, sharp rattling i can hear the ,,~=§*#¶##
¶*=,,,,,,, curfew sirens. ,,,,,,,=*¶
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¶*=,,,,,,, wormy street wolves outside, chasing ,,,,,,,=*¶
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#§§~,,,,,, to search higher, on roofs, climbing on ,,,,,,~§§#
¶#**=,,,,, balconies. and there's bound to be some ,,,,,=**#¶
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¶*=,,,,,,, warnings, never closed their windows... ,,,,,,,=*¶
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