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,,,,,,:~:%                                          %:~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~:%$  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  $%:~:,,,,,
,,,,:~:%$@         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         @$%:~:,,,,
,,,:~:%$@@        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       @@$%:~:,,,
,,:~:%$@@#                                          #@@$%:~:,,
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,,:~:%$@@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:  :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@@$%:~:,,
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,,,,:~:%$@                                          @$%:~:,,,,
,,,,,:~:%$   THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND    $%:~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:%  BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN,  %:~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~:               IN THE DARK,               :~:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,:     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  YEARNING. A MEMORY OF BEING TOUCHED BY  ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,     A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL    ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,           A PROMISE FOR MORE.            ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,:  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~              YOUR POCKET...              ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~:                                          :~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:%   A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET  %:~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~:%$ 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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