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####$†/=^¨                                          ¨^=/†$####
##$$††/=^¨                                          ¨^=/††$$##
#####$†/^¨                                          ¨^/†$#####
####$†/=^¨                                          ¨^=/†$####
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####$†/=^¨ ¨    ¨    ¨   #    ¨    #    ¨    ¨    ¨ ¨^=/†$####
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####$†/=^¨ the    neck.    #    lights     strobing ¨^=/†$####
####$†/=^¨ ^    #   in    angel   patterns    #   ^ ¨^=/†$####
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#†/=¨¨¨¨¨¨ consciousness    rerouted    into    the ¨¨¨¨¨¨=/†#
####$†/=^¨ escaping blood.  mixed with the glow  of ¨^=/†$####
####$†/=^¨ the streetlights and  carried  away into ¨^=/†$####
#####†/=^¨ the    hands    of    the    angel.    ¨ ¨^=/†#####
####$†/=^¨ ¨   ^   =  /   †   $   †   /   =   ^   ¨ ¨^=/†$####
####$†/=^¨ ¨     ^      =     /      =     ^      ¨ ¨^=/†$####
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####$†/=^¨ she  lifts  her  cupped   hands  to  her ¨^=/†$####
####$†/=^¨ muzzle    ¨    ¨    ¨    and     drinks. ¨^=/†$####
##$$/^¨¨¨¨ ¨         #         #        #         ¨ ¨¨¨¨^/$$##
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##†††=^^^¨                                          ¨^^^=†††##
#†/===^^¨¨                                          ¨¨^^===/†#
####$†/=^¨                                          ¨^=/†$####
###$$†/=^¨                                          ¨^=/†$$###
##$/^^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^^/$##