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 Every฀memory฀is฀a฀dream we฀speak฀of฀as฀if,฀upon฀waking, it฀were฀possible฀to฀tease฀the฀hide from฀the฀musculature,฀the฀soft฀pelt฀pried from฀its฀softer฀inner฀workings,฀taking care฀to฀keep฀the฀wild฀psychic฀beast฀alive, each฀derring-do฀and฀Kumbaya฀corseted to฀the฀honeyed฀past,฀to฀a฀hunger฀never฀sated for฀the฀small฀voices฀buzzing฀in฀their฀waxy฀hive— jeweled฀tormentors,฀the฀tickle฀of฀what฀was. Addicted฀to฀the฀stings฀we฀felt,฀we฀gave, we฀are฀sticky฀with฀the฀lives,฀loves฀we฀would฀save. Restless฀beasts฀licking฀whiskers฀and฀claws, tongues฀eager,฀teeth฀bared,฀we฀jostle฀and฀shove, ripping฀each฀cell฀open,฀for฀beauty,฀for฀love. ...

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