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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, @@#¤@%:~^,
,^~:%@¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤@%:~^,
,^~:::%¤¤# 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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