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¨--†*%§### hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is ###§%*†--¨
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¨--†*%§### skull open. a paw grips your brain, ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%§### plays with it, pulls it out into the ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%#### cosmos. ####%*†--¨
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¨--†*%§### there's comets! space oddities. ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%§### solitary oscillations. carrier wave. ###§%*†--¨
¨----†*%%# burned away by the suns radiation until #%%*†----¨
¨--†*%§### only the faintest trace remain, ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%§### eventually caught in the gravity well ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%§### of some second rate water planet. ###§%*†--¨
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¨¨¨--*%§§# get back to the shop. lynne is there #§§%*--¨¨¨
¨--†*%§### alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%§### back route up from the beach to avoid ###§%*†--¨
¨¨¨¨--††%# the crowd. sing a little to myself. #%††--¨¨¨¨
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¨--†*%§### down in my mind (like an open mind / ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%%%## fractal stinger / bismuth staircase) ##%%%*†--¨
¨¨--††%§## and wade in shadows... surrounded by ##§%††--¨¨
¨--†*%§### memory negatives, ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%§### like uprocessed film.... ###§%*†--¨
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¨--†*%§### mudbrick building, painted teal. we ###§%*†--¨
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¨¨¨¨--†%## the owner. as i close the metal ##%†--¨¨¨¨
¨--†*%§### curtain, behind its characteristic ###§%*†--¨
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¨--†*%§### to search higher, on roofs, climbing on ###§%*†--¨
¨--†*%§### balconies. and there's bound to be some ###§%*†--¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-*§§ reckless tourist who didn't heed the §§*-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨--†*%#### warnings, never closed their windows... ####%*†--¨
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¨¨¨--††*%# the window bolts weakened, and when #%*††--¨¨¨
--†*%§#### cleaning up the aftermath would pocket ####§%*†--
¨¨¨¨--†*%§ their belongings. §%*†--¨¨¨¨
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