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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,               ,,,,~^@§§#
@@#§@^†~,,                                          ,,~†^@§#@@
@##§@^†~,,     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.               ,,~†^@§@##
#@#§@^†~,,                                          ,,~†^@§#@#
@§^^~~,,,,                                          ,,,,~~^^§@
§@^†,,,,,, 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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#§§§@^†~,,                    ††                    ,,~†^@§§§#
#@#§@^†~,,                   †  †                   ,,~†^@§#@#
#@#§@^†~,, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†    †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,,~†^@§#@#
##@#§^†~,,                   †  †                   ,,~†^§#@##
#@#§@^†~,,                    ††                    ,,~†^@§#@#
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