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##@@$$=~^¨ solitary oscillations. carrier wave. ¨^~=$$@@##
###@$$=~^¨ burned away by the suns radiation until ¨^~=$$@###
###@$$=~^¨ only the faintest trace remain, ¨^~=$$@###
##$$=~^^¨¨ eventually caught in the gravity well ¨¨^^~=$$##
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###@$$=~^¨ down in my mind (like an open mind / ¨^~=$$@###
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####@$$=~¨ and wade in shadows... surrounded by ¨~=$$@####
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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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###@$$=~^¨ cleaning up the aftermath would pocket ¨^~=$$@###
###@$$=~^¨ their belongings. ¨^~=$$@###
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