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¨.~:%@&#@# THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING #@#&@%:~.¨
¨.~:%@&#@# THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM #@#&@%:~.¨
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¨¨¨.~:@&## REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ##&@:~.¨¨¨
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¨.~:%@&#@# THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE #@#&@%:~.¨
¨.~:%@&#@# WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO #@#&@%:~.¨
¨.~:%@&@## MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY ##@&@%:~.¨
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¨.~:%@&&&@ THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT @&&&@%:~.¨
¨.~:%@&@## MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ##@&@%:~.¨
¨.~:%@&#@# "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO #@#&@%:~.¨
¨.~:%@&#@# FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT #@#&@%:~.¨
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