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...^~*$*#@  ghost creature blanket wrapped around   @#*$*~^...
..^~*$*#@#             freezing bodies              #@#*$*~^..
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..^~*$*#@#            colliding galaxies            #@#*$*~^..
...^~*$*#@      pawing at the skin from inside      @#*$*~^...
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...^~*$*#@        a tiredness like yearning         @#*$*~^...
..^~*$*#@#            whole-body tension            #@#*$*~^..
.^~*$*#@##   releasing. letting go. falling below   ##@#*$*~^.
..^~*$*#@#         dissapearing. dissolving         #@#*$*~^..
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