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,,,,,,,,,,         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,       CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...        ,,,,,,,,,,
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-,,,,,,,,,  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ,,,,,,,,,-
,,,,,,,,,,           A PROMISE FOR MORE.            ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ,,,,,,,,,,
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§£^*-,,,,,    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    ,,,,,-*^£§
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*-,,,,,,,,   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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