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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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