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              .  . . . . . . . .                                      .
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            .  .  . . . . . .    .                                      .
           .  .  .           .    .                                      .
          .  .  .  supplying  .    .                  reflecting ground   .
         .  .   .  teeth       .    .                 of niche             .
        .  .    .  to packaged  .    .      --+----#- within the hierarchy  .
        .  .    .  myth          .    +-#-----+       is overripe            .
        .  .    .    |            .    .              chimera for protection  .
        .  .    .    #             .    .                                     .
        .  .    .    |              .    .                                    .
        .  .    .    |               .    .                                   .
        .  .    .    +-+              .    .                                  .
        .  .    .    | |               .    .                                 .
        .  .    .      |                .    .                                .
        .  .    .      |                 .    .                               .
        .  .    .      #                 .     .                              .
        .  .    .      |                 .      .                             .
        .  .    .  strategem             .       .                            .
        .  .    .  to lessen risk        .        .                           .
        .  .    .  of buying chorus      .         .                          .
        .  .    .  sensing               .          .                         .
        .  .    .  the expressive decay  .           .                        .
        .  .     .                       .            .                       .
        .  .      . . . . . . + . . . . .              .                      .
        .  .                  |                         .                     .
        .  .                  #                          .                    .
        .  .                  |                           .                   .
        .  .                  |                            .                 .
        .  .                  \             sounding board  .               .
        .  .                   ----------#- embedded         .             .
        .  .                  /             in a starched     .           .
        .  .                  |             internal theater  .          .
        .  .                  |                               .         .
        .  .                  #                               .        .
        .  .                  |                               .       .
        .  .    . . . . . . . + . . . . . .                   .      .
        .  .   .                           .                  .     .
        .  .  .  belief                     .                 .    .
        .  .  .  of being peopled            .                .   .
        .  .  .  by suckling      -#----\ /   .               .  .
        .  .  .  personalities           |     .             .  .
         .  .  .                         |      .           .  .
          .  .  .                        |       .         .  .
           .  .  .                       #        .       .  .
            .  .  .                      |         .     .  .
             .  .  .               deploy a show    .   .  .
              .  .  .              of framing fear  .  .  .
               .  .  .             as competetive  .  .  .
                .  .  .            device         .  .  .
                 .  .  .                         .  .  .
                  .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .
                   .  .                           .  .
                    .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .
                     .                             .
                      . . + . . . . . . . . . . . .
                          |
                          #
                          |
                          |                             . . . . . . . . .
                          |                            .                 .
                          |                           .  incompatible     .
                          +-----------\ /----------#-+   with shimmering   .
                                       |            .    children           .
                                       |           .         |               .
                                       |          .          #                .
                                       |          .          |                .
                                       |          .          |                .
                                       |          .          |                .
                                       |          .          |                .
                                       |          .          #                .
a circular hoping                      |          .          |                .
tracks           -#---------+--        |          .  mechanically outlandish  .
will be cut                 +--------#-+          .  at increasing            .
                                       |          .  variation               .
                                       |          .  in whoever happens     .
                                       |           .                       .
                                       |            . . . . . . . . . . . .
                                       |
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                                       |
                                       |
                                       |               weaning
                                       |               lungs of the night
                                       |     \ /----#- from ravaging
                                       |      |        carefully cultured image
                                       |      |        of artificial time
                                       +----#-+
                                              |
                                              |
                                              #
                                              |
                                          chief identifying dream
                                          is aimed congestion
                                          white
                                          with painful use


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