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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 ¤*†~^,,,,,
,^~†$*¤@## A PROMISE FOR MORE. ##@¤*$†~^,
,^~†$*¤@@@ @@@¤*$†~^,
,^~†$*¤@@@ LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN @@@¤*$†~^,
,^~†$*¤@@# YOUR POCKET... #@@¤*$†~^,
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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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