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==~,,,,,,, the    neck.    #     lights    strobing ,,,,,,,~==
$==~,,,,,, ~    #    in   angel    patterns   #   ~ ,,,,,,~==$
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#¶¤$$==~,, body broken, bleeding,  kicked again and ,,~==$$¤¶#
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#¶¤$$==~,, =     #    ribs     cracked.     #     = ,,~==$$¤¶#
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$==~,,,,,, consciousness    rerouted    into    the ,,,,,,~==$
==~,,,,,,, escaping  blood. mixed  with the glow of ,,,,,,,~==
=~,,,,,,,, the streetlights  and  carried away into ,,,,,,,,~=
~,,,,,,,,, the    hands    of    the    angel.    , ,,,,,,,,,~
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,,,,,,,,,, she  lifts   her  cupped  hands  to  her ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, muzzle    ,    ,     ,    and    drinks. ,,,,,,,,,,
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