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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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