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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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