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*†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†*
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†  †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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