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.......»†%  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  %†».......
........»†         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         †»........
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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  §%%†».....
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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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