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#@%*:=,,,, =================:    :================= ,,,,=:*%@#
##@%*:=,,,                   :  :                   ,,,=:*%@##
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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.               ,,,,,,,=:*
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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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