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..&&..&&&. @@      THE ART OF C-NNECTING            &&&&&&&&..
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&..&&..&..             MY MIND IS BEING SKEWED. MI  ..&&&..&&&
.........&  SKELETON IS STRINGY AND OLD AND ALIEN   &..&....&&
.&&&&&&&..             THE SITUATION IS LITERALLY   .....&&...
..&&&&&... PRESSED OUT THROUGH MY EYES, IT'S        &&&&....&&
...&&&..&& ECHOING LIKE                             &&&..&&...
&&..&.....             THE SUNSET OF THE ETERNAL    &&......&&
&.....&&&& OCEAN                                    &..&&&&..&
..&&&..&&.         PERSISTENTLY AGAINST MY EMULSION ....&&....
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.....&&&&&    IT'S UNGRASPABLE TO ME, WHAT OTHER    ....&&..&&
.&&&..&&&&   HUMANS ARE DOING AND ABSTRACTING,      &&&.......
..&....&&&  AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, WHAT TIME THEY USE? &&..&&&&&&
....&&..&& HOW LONG A TIME HAS PASSED, FOR THEM?    .....&&&&.
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.....&&..&   CONTINUOUSLY I'M CROWDING THROUGH      &&..&&&&&&
.&&&...... . THE FOURTH WALL  -OUTWARDS IS WHAT   . .....&&&&.
..&..&&&&& .. I'M THINKING BUT IT'S WRONG.. A NEW   &&&&..&&..
&.....&&&& . . NARRATOR IS INTRODUCED, OCCASIONALLY &&&......&
..&&&..&&& -  - AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, DEEPER . &&..&&&&..
&..&....&. -   - DOWN IN THE DRAGONS THROAT.        .....&&..&
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