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,,,,,,,,,, IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT ,,,,,,,,,,
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##@*^/-,,, THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND ,,,-/^*@##
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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 ,,,-/^*@##
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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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