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,,:=*^*@## IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT ##@*^*=:,,
,,,:=*^*@# COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND #@*^*=:,,,
,,,,:=*^*@ CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES... @*^*=:,,,,
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,,:=*^*@## ** ##@*^*=:,,
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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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