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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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