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...&..&&.& ##      the art of c~nnecting            ..&.&&&.&&
&..&&.&.&&        .    with the old mind            ..&&&..&&.
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..&&&&...&             my mind is being skewed. mi  .&&&.&&&&&
&.&...&..&  skeleton is stringy and old and alien   &&..&&....
&&&&..&&.&             the situation is literally   ..&.&.&...
&...&.&.&& pressed out through my eyes, it's        ..&&&&&&..
&&..&&&&&. echoing like                             ..&.....&.
&.&.&....&             the sunset of the eternal    ..&&....&&
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.&....&..&         persistently against my emulsion &&&&&&..&&
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&..&..&.&&    it's ungraspable to me, what other    .&....&&&&
.&.&&.&&&.   humans are doing and abstracting,      .&&...&...
.&&&.&&..&  and above all else, what time they use? .&.&..&&..
.&..&&.&.& how long a time has passed, for them?    .&&&&.&.&.
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&.&&...&..   continuously i'm crowding through      .&&&.&&...
&&&.&..&&. . the fourth wall  ~outwards is what   . &&..&&.&..
&..&&&.&.& .. i'm thinking but it's wrong.. a new   &.&.&.&&&.
&&.&..&&&& . . narrator is introduced, occasionally &&&&&&&..&
..&&&.&... ~  ~ aware of the previous one, deeper . .......&.&
&.&..&&&.. ~   ~ down in the dragons throat.        &......&&&
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