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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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