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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     $=«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«=$$  YEARNING. A MEMORY OF BEING TOUCHED BY  $$=«~,,,,,
,,,,~«=$$@     A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL    @$$=«~,,,,
,,,~«=$$@@  THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND   @@$$=«~,,,
,,~«=$$@@#  FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A   #@@$$=«~,,
,~«=$$@@##  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ##@@$$=«~,
,,~«=$$@@#            A PROMISE FOR MORE.           #@@$$=«~,,
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,,,,~«=$$@  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  @$$=«~,,,,
,,,,,~«=$$              YOUR POCKET...              $$=«~,,,,,
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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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