. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                               .                           .
                              .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
                             .  .                         .  .
                            .  .     formal refusal        .  .
                           .  .      to avoid               .  .
                          .  .       being children          .  .
                         .  .              |                  .  .
                        .  .               #                   .  .
                       .  .                |                    .  .
                      .  .                 |                     .  .
                     .  .                  +-+                    .  .
                    .  .                   | |                     .  .
                   .  .                      |                      .  .
                  .  .                       |                       .  .
                 .  .                        #                        .  .
                .  .                         |                         .  .
               .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .
              .  .  .                                                 .  .  .
             .  .  .  treating                      character forced   .  .  .
            .   .  .  embarrassment -#----\ /----#- to absolute         .  .  .
           .    .  .  as a proper          |        flashes of novelty  .  .  .
          .     .  .  musical time         |                           .  .   .
         .       .  .                      |                          .  .    .
        .         .  .                     #                         .  .     .
       .           .  .                    |                        .  .      .
      .             .  .           informality vision              .  .       .
     .               .  .          is thin film                   .  .        .
    .                 .  .         over grimly                   .  .         .
   .                   .  .        fearful ocean                .  .          .
  .                     .  .                                   .  .           .
 .                       .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .            .
.                         .                                     .             .
.                          . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . .              .
.                                                    |                        .
.                                                    #                        .
.                                                    |                        .
.                                                    |                        .
.          sound                                     |                        .
.          of fatality drained                       /                        .
.          is too soft         -#-----+--------------                         .
.          to remove                  |              \                        .
.                                     #              |                        .
.                                     |              |                        .
.                                     |              |                        .
.  violence                           |              |                        .
.  of the stringent -#------\ /-------+              |                        .
.  external guess            |                       |                        .
.                            |                       |                        .
.                            |                       |                        .
.    +-----------------------+                       |                        .
.    |                                               |                        .
.    |                                               #                        .
.    |                                               |                        .
.    |             . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . .            .
.    |            .                                               .           .
.    |           .                   drown ecstatic voice          .          .
.    |          .                    under calendar                 .         .
.    |         .                     freezing slowly                 .        .
.    |        .                             |                         .       .
.    |       .                              #                          .      .
.    |      .                               |                           .     .
.    |     .                                |                            .    .
.    |    .  slept phase                    |        the perfectly hoped  .   .
.    |    .  explaining              -#----/ \----#- self incompatible    .  .
.    |    .  for elusive temperature              |  double image        .  .
.    |    .  of remote shot words                 |                     .  .
.    |     .                                      |                    .  .
.    |      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . .  .
.    |                                            |                     .
.    |                                            |                    .
.    |                                            +--------\ /------#-+
.    +---------------+                                      |        .
.                    |                                      |       .
.                    #                                      |      .
.                    |                                      |     .
.    . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . .                      |    .
.   .                                 .                     |   .
.  .  carry                            .                    |  .
.  .  their detachment colors           .                   | .
.  .  everywhere                         .                  |.
.  .      |                               .                 +
.  .      #                                .               .|
.  .      |                                 .             . |
 .  .     |                                  .           .  |
  .  .    \           chamber of experience  .          .   |
   .  .    --------#- called                .          .    |
    .  .  /           the animal decay     .          .     |
     .  .                                 .          .      |
      .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          .       |
       .                                           .        |
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         |
                                                            #
                                                            |
                                                         loose wish
                                                         framed
                                                         with extra
                                                         dead years


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