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&&&&&¨¨&&& THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING &¨¨¨¨¨&&¨¨
¨&&&¨¨¨¨&& THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM ¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨&¨¨&&¨¨& AND IT WANTS ME TO SHRINK. AND WHAT &¨¨&¨¨&&&&
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨
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¨&&&&&&&¨¨ THEY GIVE ME WRISTBANDS AND ANKLETS, &&&&&¨¨&&¨
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&¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨ SURFACE IS SWIRLING, LIKE DARK &&&¨¨&&&&&
¨¨¨¨&¨¨&&& THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE &&¨¨¨¨&&&&
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¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨& MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. &¨¨&&&&&&&
¨&&¨¨¨&&¨¨ "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ¨¨¨¨&&&&&¨
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¨&&&¨¨&&¨¨ TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL &&&&&&¨¨¨¨
¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ¨&&&&¨¨&&&
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