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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.    ¨¨.~^^^%%§
§%%$$$^~.¨    BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE   ¨.~^$$$%%§
#@#§%$^~.¨ WITH THEM, WITH THEIR KIND. EASY TO GET  ¨.~^$%§#@#
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@@#§%$^~.¨               WAY BACK UP.               ¨.~^$%§#@@
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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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