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#@@%=;~~¨¨ IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT ¨¨~~;=%@@#
##@@%=;~~¨ COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND ¨~~;=%@@##
#@@%=;~~¨¨ CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES... ¨¨~~;=%@@#
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@@%=;~~¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨~~;=%@@
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@@%=;~~¨¨¨ 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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