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,,,,#,,,,,  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ,,,,,,###,
,,,,,#,,,,         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ,,,,,,#,##
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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  ,,,###,,#,
###,,,,### 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  #,,#,,,#,#
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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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