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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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