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#%%*=,,,,,  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ,,,,,=*%%#
%%*=,,,,,,         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ,,,,,,=*%%
#%%*=,,,,,       CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...        ,,,,,=*%%#
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#%%*=,,,,,    THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND   ,,,,,=*%%#
%%*=,,,,,,  BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN,  ,,,,,,=*%%
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#@#%%*=,,,     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     ,,,=*%%#@#
##@#%%*=,,  YEARNING. A MEMORY OF BEING TOUCHED BY  ,,=*%%#@##
#@#%%*=,,,     A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL    ,,,=*%%#@#
@#%%*=,,,,   THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND  ,,,,=*%%#@
#%%*=,,,,,   FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A  ,,,,,=*%%#
%%*=,,,,,,  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ,,,,,,=*%%
#%%*=,,,,,           A PROMISE FOR MORE.            ,,,,,=*%%#
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#@#%%*=,,,  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ,,,=*%%#@#
##@#%%*=,,              YOUR POCKET...              ,,=*%%#@##
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@#%%*=,,,,   A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET  ,,,,=*%%#@
#%%*=,,,,, LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A  ,,,,,=*%%#
%%*=,,,,,,    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    ,,,,,,=*%%
#%%*=,,,,,   BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE    ,,,,,=*%%#
@#%%*=,,,, WITH THEM, WITH THEIR KIND. EASY TO GET  ,,,,=*%%#@
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#%%*=,,,,, BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD  ,,,,,=*%%#
%%*=,,,,,,  BE TOO LARGE. ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M IN   ,,,,,,=*%%
#%%*=,,,,,    THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR   ,,,,,=*%%#
@#%%*=,,,,   EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL   ,,,,=*%%#@
#@#%%*=,,,  WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO  ,,,=*%%#@#
##@#%%*=,,        UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY.       ,,=*%%#@##
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