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.^«:§%&¶##         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ##¶&%§:«^.
.^«:§%&¶##        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       ##¶&%§:«^.
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....^«§&¶¶   THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND    ¶¶&§«^....
....^^:%%&  BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN,  &%%:^^....
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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   &%§§::^^^.
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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  ##¶&%§:«^.
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