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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,               ##@††=:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~††@@#                                          #@@††~¨¨¨¨
¨:~=†$@##@     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     @##@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@##@  YEARNING. A MEMORY OF BEING TOUCHED BY  @##@$†=~:¨
¨¨¨¨:===$@    A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL     @$===:¨¨¨¨
¨:~=†$#@##   THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND  ##@#$†=~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~=$@   FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A  @$=~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~=†††@#@  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  @#@†††=~:¨
¨:~=†$@@##            A PROMISE FOR MORE.           ##@@$†=~:¨
¨¨¨¨~=$$@@                                          @@$$=~¨¨¨¨
¨:~=†$@###  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ###@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@#              YOUR POCKET...              #@#@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@#                                          #@#@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@#   A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET  #@#@$†=~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=$# LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A  #$=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~=†$@##@    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    @##@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@###   BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE    ###@$†=~:¨
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¨:~=†$@#@#               WAY BACK UP.               #@#@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@#                                          #@#@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@#                                          #@#@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@#  BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD #@#@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@#  BE TOO LARGE. ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M IN   #@#@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@###    THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR   ###@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@###   EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL   ###@$†=~:¨
¨:~=†$@#@@  WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO  @@#@$†=~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~=†@       UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY.        @†=~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~=†$@#@#                                          #@#@$†=~:¨
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