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.......=:* first hit - in the stomach. and then  in *:=.......
........=: the    neck.     #    lights    strobing :=........
.......=:* .    #   in    angel   patterns    #   . *:=.......
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.......=:* consciousness    rerouted    into    the *:=.......
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.......=:* the  streetlights and  carried away into *:=.......
......=:*$ the    hands    of    the    angel.    . $*:=......
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