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,,«^=£@@## HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS ##@@£=^«,,
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,,«^=£@@## THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. ##@@£=^«,,
,,,,,,,«=@ SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. @=«,,,,,,,
,,«^=£@@## BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ##@@£=^«,,
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,,,,«««=£@ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE @£=«««,,,,
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,,«^=£@@## 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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,,,,,,«=@@ MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE @@=«,,,,,,
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,,,,,^^=£@ THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL @£=^^,,,,,
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,,,,,,«=£@ ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, @£=«,,,,,,
,,,,«^===@ WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING @===^«,,,,
,,«^=£@@## TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ##@@£=^«,,
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,,«^=£@@@# RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE #@@@£=^«,,
,,,,«=£@@# WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... #@@£=«,,,,
,,«^=£@@@# #@@@£=^«,,
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