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,-=:%%@£## THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. ##£@%%:=-,
,-=:%%@£## SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ##£@%%:=-,
,-=:%%@£## BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ##£@%%:=-,
,,,,,-:%%£ ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, £%%:-,,,,,
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,-=:::%%%@ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE @%%%:::=-,
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,,,,,,=%@# THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. #@%=,,,,,,
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,-=:%%@@££ LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF,£:=== - ££@@%%:=-,
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,,,,---:%£ AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY £%:---,,,,
,-=:%%@£££ MEMORY NEGATIVES, £££@%%:=-,
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,-=:%%@£## ##£@%%:=-,
,-=:%%@£## WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP ##£@%%:=-,
,,,-=%%%%@ IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW @%%%%=-,,,
,-=:%%@££# MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE #££@%%:=-,
,-=:%%@£## LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ##£@%%:=-,
,,,,=::%££ THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ££%::=,,,,
,-=:%%@£## CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ##£@%%:=-,
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,-=:%%@£## CURFEW SIRENS. ##£@%%:=-,
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,-=:%%@£## 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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