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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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