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#,#,#,,#,, silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ,,#,,####,
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###,,###,# almost hostile. i can feel them  squirm, ,,,,#,,#,,
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##,####,#, grinding  trenches in my mind. it's like ##,,#,##,#
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######,##,           doing damage there.            #,,,,#,#,#
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#,,,,,#,## then  i  realize i  can't  hear anything #,#,,#,,,,
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#,#,,,#,,#    already, droning everything out, a    #,,,##,#,,
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##,###,##, i feel  helpless,  but  i  must  try  to ,,,,#,#,##
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,,#,#,#,## relief, such  is my  nature. turning the ,#,,#,,,,#
#,#######,    lights on does nothing... getting     ###,##,,,#
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##,#,,,,,# does noting...  but time  does  -  after ,#,#,###,#
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