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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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