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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,               ,,,:«=†§&@
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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   ,,,,,:«=†§
&§†=«:,,,,               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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