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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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..~==§$#@@     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     @@#$§==~..
...~==§$#@  YEARNING. A MEMORY OF BEING TOUCHED BY  @#$§==~...
....~==§$#     A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL    #$§==~....
...~==§$#@  THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND   @#$§==~...
..~==§$#@@   FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A  @@#$§==~..
.~==§$#@@#  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  #@@#$§==~.
..~==§$#@@            A PROMISE FOR MORE.           @@#$§==~..
...~==§$#@                                          @#$§==~...
....~==§$#  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  #$§==~....
...~==§$#@              YOUR POCKET...              @#$§==~...
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.~==§$#@@#  A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET   #@@#$§==~.
..~==§$#@@ LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A  @@#$§==~..
...~==§$#@    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    @#$§==~...
....~==§$#    BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE   #$§==~....
...~==§$#@  WITH THEM, WITH THEIR KIND. EASY TO GET @#$§==~...
..~==§$#@@   WASHED AWAY FROM THE TETHER, FROM THE  @@#$§==~..
.~==§$#@@#               WAY BACK UP.               #@@#$§==~.
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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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