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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,  ..«†=&&@##
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##@&&=†«..     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     ..«†=&&@##
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#@@&&=†«..     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  ..«†=&&&@@
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##@&&=†«..  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ..«†=&&@##
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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  ..«†=&&@##
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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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