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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, @@*;-:,,,,
,,,:-;*@@# #@@*;-:,,,
,,:-;*@@## 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... #@@*;-:,,,
,,,,:-;*@@ @@*;-:,,,,
,,,:-;*@@# 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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