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¨^=:%@£¶## does  noting... but  time  does  - after ##¶£@%:=^¨
¨^=:%@£¶##     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     ##¶£@%:=^¨
¨¨¨¨==:%£# doubting anything  of  this happened  in #£%:==¨¨¨¨
¨^=:%@£¶##             the first place.             ##¶£@%:=^¨
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¨^=:%@£¶## my eyes are still  tense though, scared. ##¶£@%:=^¨
¨^=:%@£¶## i   don't    know    what    to    make. ##¶£@%:=^¨
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¨^=:%@£¶##              but i'm tired.              ##¶£@%:=^¨
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¨^=:%@£¶## i  guess?  i shouldn't  be  so  reckless ##¶£@%:=^¨
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¨^=:%@£¶## i imagine  a prick  on the nose,  that's ##¶£@%:=^¨
¨^=:%@£¶## what these are. like  you do with a  cat ##¶£@%:=^¨
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