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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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