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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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