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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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