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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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