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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  $%*-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-*%              YOUR POCKET...              %*-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-*%$                                          $%*-,,,,,,
,,,,,-*%$@   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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