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¨¨¨¨~;§§§§     there and it's draining the evil     §§§§;~¨¨¨¨
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¨^~;§£§@@#   skull open. a paw grips your brain,    #@@§£§;~^¨
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¨^~;§£§@##                 cosmos.                  ##@§£§;~^¨
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¨¨¨^^~§§§§      there's comets! space oddities.     §§§§~^^¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^;;§§£@     only the faintest trace remain,      @£§§;;^¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~§§#     of some second rate water planet.    #§§~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨^~;§§§§§#             it's raining sap.            #§§§§§;~^¨
¨¨¨¨^;;§§§       we're getting sweet and wet        §§§;;^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^;§§§@   my lunch break is over and i need to   @§§§;^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~;£@   get back to the shop. lynne is there   @£;~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~§§§§  alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the  §§§§~¨¨¨¨¨
¨^~;§§§§§§  back route up from the beach to avoid   §§§§§§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##    the crowd. sing a little to myself.   ##@§£§;~^¨
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¨^~;;;£§@#   suddenly, an acid flashback: i step    #@§£;;;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##   down in my mind (like an open mind /   ##@§£§;~^¨
¨¨¨¨^^;££§   fractal stinger / bismuth staircase)   §££;^^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~§§   and wade in shadows... surrounded by   §§~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~~§£@#             memory negatives,            #@£§~~^¨¨¨
¨^~;§£§@@#         like uprocessed film....         #@@§£§;~^¨
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¨^~;§£§@## live on the second floor, together with  ##@§£§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##      the owner. as i close the metal     ##@§£§;~^¨
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¨^~;§£§@##              curfew sirens.              ##@§£§;~^¨
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¨^~;§£§@##   wormy street wolves outside, chasing   ##@§£§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§§§#     entrances in the dark alleyways,     #§§§£§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##  wanting in, getting desperate, lapsing  ##@§£§;~^¨
¨^^^~;£§§@ to search higher, on roofs, climbing on  @§§£;~^^^¨
¨^~;§£§###  balconies. and there's bound to be some ###§£§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##   reckless tourist who didn't heed the   ##@§£§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##  warnings, never closed their windows... ##@§£§;~^¨
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¨^~;§£§@##    the window bolts weakened, and when   ##@§£§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##  cleaning up the aftermath would pocket  ##@§£§;~^¨
¨^~;§£§@##            their belongings.             ##@§£§;~^¨
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