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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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