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;~,,,,,,,, IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT ,,,,,,,,~;
*;~,,,,,,, COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND ,,,,,,,~;*
$*;~,,,,,, CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES... ,,,,,,~;*$
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##$*;~,,,, THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND ,,,,~;*$##
#$*;~,,,,, BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN, ,,,,,~;*$#
$*;~,,,,,, IN THE DARK, ,,,,,,~;*$
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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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##$*;~,,,, LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN ,,,,~;*$##
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*;~,,,,,,, A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET ,,,,,,,~;*
;~,,,,,,,, LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A ,,,,,,,,~;
*;~,,,,,,, TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS. ,,,,,,,~;*
$*;~,,,,,, BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE ,,,,,,~;*$
#$*;~,,,,, WITH THEM, WITH THEIR KIND. EASY TO GET ,,,,,~;*$#
##$*;~,,,, WASHED AWAY FROM THE TETHER, FROM THE ,,,,~;*$##
###$*;~,,, WAY BACK UP. ,,,~;*$###
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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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