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      .  .                                                         .  .
     .  .  casting matted salts                                     .  .
    .   .  to work the frame to pay              finally hear       .   .
   .    .  for seeing through                    the distant sound  .    .
  .     .  the skins                -#--------#- of zig-zag break  .      .
 .      .  each other's density                  from walking     .        .
.       .  would scavenge                        with the moon   .          .
.       .  in the light                                         .            .
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.       .  .                          .                       .  .  .        .
.      .  .                          .  a blind specific mass  .  .  .       .
.     .  .                           .  about to crash through  .  .  .      .
.    .  .                            .  secret mocking           .  .  .     .
.   .  .                             .  of the treasured          .  .  .    .
.  .  .  playground                  .  healthy face routine      .  .   .   .
.  .  .  of the trauma workers       .           |                .  .    .  .
.  .  .  kept                        .           #                .  .    .  .
.  .  .  as phantom honor victims    .           |                .  .    .  .
.  .  .  about to be dissolved       .           |                .  .    .  .
.  .  .           |                  .           +-+              .  .    .  .
.  .  .           #                  .           | |              .  .    .  .
.  .  .           |                  .             |              .  .    .  .
.  .  .           +-------\ /------#-+             |              .  .    .  .
.  .  .                    |         .             #              .  .    .  .
.  .  .                    |         .             |              .  .    .  .
.  .  .                    |         .    agreement in fatigue    .  .    .  .
.  .  .                    |         .    of how the story wings  .  .    .  .
.  .  .                    |         .    evolve themselves       .  .    .  .
.  .  .                    |          .   a sheath to seal them   .  .    .  .
.  .  .                    |           .  shut                   .   .    .  .
.  .  .                    |            .   |                   .    .    .  .
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.  .  .      . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . .            |        .    .  .
.  .  .     .                                   .           |        .    .  .
.  .  .    .  to quiver on the talons            .          |        .    .  .
 .  .  .   .  by dreaming through                 .         |        .    .  .
  .  .  .  .  regardless of the incident           .        |       .     .  .
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    .  .  .  .            #                          .      |     .       .  .
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       .  .  .  .         \           attempt the ear   .   |  .          .  .
        .  .  .  .         --------#- of falling birds   .  | .           .  .
         .  .  .  .       /           that charge        .  |.            .  .
          .  .  .  .                  the frozen trance  .  |             .  .
           .  .  .  .                 before they lock  .  .|             .  .
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                   .  .                           a shallows engine       .  .
                    .  .                          carefully immune        .  .
                     .  .                         from growing knowledge  .  .
                      .  .                        of the baseline         .  .
                       .  .                       as the surface          .  .
                        .  .                      of a strain             .  .
                         .  .                     considered as routine   .  .
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                                          traction in the tunnel
                                          used to wean yourself
                                          from thinking
                                          of the color
                                          of the amulet
                                          that flashes
                                          during flight


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