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,.........  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  .........,
~,........         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ........,~
†~,.......        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       .......,~†
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#@§£††~,..  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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