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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.           ,&,&,,,&&,
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&&,&,&&,,,  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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