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###@¤^\-^. IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT .^-\^¤@###
##@@¤^\-^. COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND .^-\^¤@@##
##@@¤^\-^. CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES... .^-\^¤@@##
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###@¤^\-^. IN THE DARK, .^-\^¤@###
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#@^\\\\-^. 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 .^-\^¤@@##
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##@@¤^\-^. BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD .^-\^¤@@##
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##@@¤^\-^. THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR .^-\^¤@@##
##@@¤^\-^. EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL .^-\^¤@@##
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