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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 ...^^-:¤¤@
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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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