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,,-=/*$###  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ###$*/=-,,
,-=/*$####         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ####$*/=-,
,,-=/*$###        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###    THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND   ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###               IN THE DARK,               ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###     A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL    ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###   FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A  ###$*/=-,,
,-=/*$####  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ####$*/=-,
,,-=/*$###           A PROMISE FOR MORE.            ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$### LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A  ###$*/=-,,
,-=/*$####    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    ####$*/=-,
,,-=/*$###    BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE   ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###  WASHED AWAY FROM THE TETHER, FROM THE   ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$### BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD  ###$*/=-,,
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,,-=/*$###   THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR    ###$*/=-,,
,-=/*$####   EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL   ####$*/=-,
,,-=/*$###  WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO  ###$*/=-,,
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