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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,               §%†-^,,,,,
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,^-†%§§¶@#     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...              ¶¶§†-,,,,,
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,^-†%§§¶@#   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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