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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...              ,,&&,&&,,,
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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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