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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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