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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.               #@#§%;~.,,
,.~;%§#@##                                          ##@#§%;~.,
,,.~;%§#@#                                          #@#§%;~.,,
,,,.~;%§#@ 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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