,,,,:~/*$&                                          &$*/~:,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,                   /  /                   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/    /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,:~                                          ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~/  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/*         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         */~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~/*$       CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...        $*/~:,,,,,
,,,,:~/*$&                                          &$*/~:,,,,
,,,:~/*$&#                    //                    #&$*/~:,,,
,,:~/*$&## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/  /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##&$*/~:,,
,:~/*$&###                    //                    ###&$*/~:,
,,:~/*$&##                                          ##&$*/~:,,
,,,:~/*$&#    THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND   #&$*/~:,,,
,,,,:~/*$&  BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN,  &$*/~:,,,,
,,,,,:~/*$               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    ###&$*/~:,
,,:~/*$&##  WITH THEM, WITH THEIR KIND. EASY TO GET ##&$*/~:,,
,,,:~/*$&#   WASHED AWAY FROM THE TETHER, FROM THE  #&$*/~:,,,
,,,,:~/*$&               WAY BACK UP.               &$*/~:,,,,
,,,,,:~/*$                                          $*/~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/*                                          */~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~/ BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD  /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~   BE TOO LARGE. ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M IN  ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,:    THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR   :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,   EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO  ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,        UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY.       ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,:~/                   /  /                   /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/    /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~/*$                   /  /                   $*/~:,,,,,
,,,,:~/*$&                    //                    &$*/~:,,,,
,,,:~/*$&#                                          #&$*/~:,,,
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