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#@##$%;~^. a dystopian mc donalds toilet steals  my .^~;%$##@#
#%;~~~^... agency. too  much agency already in this ...^~~~;%#
###$%%;~^. room. saturated.  i can  only do what it .^~;%%$###
@@##$%;~^. wants    in    the    way    it   wants. .^~;%$##@@
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####$%;~^. ~    ;    ~    ~   ;    ~    ~    ;    ~ .^~;%$####
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#@##$%;~^. but:  in  a  miracolous  fraction  of  a .^~;%$##@#
#@##$%;~^. second, its  true thoughts  slip through .^~;%$##@#
@@##$%;~^. to  me, previously unheard even  by  its .^~;%$##@@
#@##$%;~^. builders  (the  room  was  thought to be .^~;%$##@#
#@##$%;~^.         without consciousness).          .^~;%$##@#
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#@##$%;~^. the room  thinks about  creatures  lying .^~;%$##@#
#@##$%;~^. down,  going   off   to   sleep,  making .^~;%$##@#
###%;^....  themselves comfortable first... is this ....^;%###
###%;^.... only  optimizing a resting  position for ....^;%###
##%%~..... the  body?  or  is  there  another  will .....~%%##
#$%;^.....                 involved?                .....^;%$#
#@##$%;~^.                                          .^~;%$##@#
#@##$%;~^.      a dark listening taking place,      .^~;%$##@#
@@##$%;~^.            a silent concert.             .^~;%$##@@
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#@##$%;~^. is  there  another  desire  injected  at .^~;%$##@#
#$;^......   hypnagogia? something from the other   ......^;$#
####$%;~^.           side, guiding them,            .^~;%$####
@#$$%~....          arranging their bodies.         ....~%$$#@
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