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#@#£§%/~.¨  yearning. a memory of being touched by  ¨.~/%§£#@#
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#@#£§%/~.¨            a promise for more.           ¨.~/%§£#@#
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#@#£§%/~.¨    time, calling, tugging at my arms.    ¨.~/%§£#@#
@@#£§%/~.¨   begging me to sink back down and be    ¨.~/%§£#@@
#@#£§%/~.¨  with them, with their kind. easy to get ¨.~/%§£#@#
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#@#£§%/~.¨   eyes on me already. the feeling will   ¨.~/%§£#@#
###£§%/~.¨  wane, and i will miss it, and cease to  ¨.~/%§£###
#@#£§%/~.¨        understand. like every day.       ¨.~/%§£#@#
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