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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  &,&&,,,,,&
,,&,,,&&&,              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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