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...^=:$@#@  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  @#@$:=^...
....^=:$@#         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         #@$:=^....
.....^=:$@        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       @$:=^.....
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...^=:$@#@    THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND   @#@$:=^...
....^=:$@#  BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN,  #@$:=^....
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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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....^=:$@#  BE TOO LARGE. ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M IN   #@$:=^....
.....^=:$@    THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR   @$:=^.....
....^=:$@#   EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL   #@$:=^....
...^=:$@#@  WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO  @#@$:=^...
..^=:$@#@#        UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY.       #@#@$:=^..
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