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#$**~^....        drinky syrup ~~ darky slaw        ....^~**$#
@#$**~^...            in cups and bellies           ...^~**$#@
#@#$**~^..  ghost creature blanket wrapped around   ..^~**$#@#
##@#$**~^.              freezing bodies             .^~**$#@##
#@#$**~^..      minds interfacing slightly like     ..^~**$#@#
@#$**~^...            colliding galaxies            ...^~**$#@
#$**~^....      pawing at the skin from inside      ....^~**$#
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**~^...... *         dark         eyeballs        * ......^~**
*~^....... *    *   black   hole   lensing   *    * .......^~*
~^........ *    hairs    full    of    glitter    * ........^~
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..........         a tiredness like yearning        ..........
..........            whole-body tension            ..........
..........   releasing. letting go. falling below   ..........
..........         dissapearing. dissolving         ..........
..........                 exhaling                 ..........
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