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,,,,,.*%%# HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS #%%*.,,,,,
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,,.«***%## STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. ##%***«.,,
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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 ##%†«...,,
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,.«*†%#### 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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,.«*†%#### SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ####%†*«.,
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,.«*†%#### AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ####%†*«.,
,.«*†%#### MEMORY NEGATIVES, ####%†*«.,
,,,.««**%# LIKE UPROCESSED FILM.... #%**««.,,,
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,.«*†††%## IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ##%†††*«.,
,.«*†%#### MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ####%†*«.,
,.«*†%#### LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ####%†*«.,
,,,,.**%%# THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL #%%**.,,,,
,,.«*††%## CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ##%††*«.,,
,.«*††%%## SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ##%%††*«.,
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,.«*†%#### BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ####%†*«.,
,.«*†%#### RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ####%†*«.,
,,,««††%%# WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... #%%††««,,,
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