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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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