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....~~^^@¤ ¤@^^~~....
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.....~~~%¤ first hit - in the stomach. and then in ¤%~~~.....
.~~^%@¤### the neck. # lights strobing ###¤@%^~~.
.~~%@¤#### ~ # in angel patterns # ~ ####¤@%~~.
.~~^%@¤### ~ ~ # ~ ~ # ~ ~ ###¤@%^~~.
....~~%%@¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ # ~ ~ # ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤@%%~~....
.~~~~~^^%¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ # ~ ~ # ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤%^^~~~~~.
....~~~^%¤ body broken, bleeding, kicked again and ¤%^~~~....
.~~^%@¤### again (now down on the concrete), ###¤@%^~~.
.......~%¤ ~ # ribs cracked. # ~ ¤%~.......
.~~^%@¤### ~ # ~ ~ ~ # ~ ###¤@%^~~.
.~~^%@@@## ~ ~ # ~ ~ ~ # ~ ~ ##@@@%^~~.
....~^@@¤¤ ~ ~ ~ # ~ ~ ~ # ~ ~ ~ ¤¤@@^~....
.~~^%@@¤## consciousness rerouted into the ##¤@@%^~~.
....~^@¤## escaping blood. mixed with the glow of ##¤@^~....
.~~~~^%%¤¤ the streetlights and carried away into ¤¤%%^~~~~.
.~~^%@¤### the hands of the angel. . ###¤@%^~~.
.~~^%@¤### . ~ ~ ^ % @ % ^ ~ ~ . ###¤@%^~~.
.....~^^%¤ . ~ ~ ^ ~ ~ . ¤%^^~.....
.~~^%@¤### . ~ ~ ~ . ###¤@%^~~.
.~~^%@¤### she lifts her cupped hands to her ###¤@%^~~.
.~~^%@¤### muzzle . . . and drinks. ###¤@%^~~.
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......~^@¤ ¤@^~......
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