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.&..&&&&.. IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT &......&..
&&.&...&.. COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND &.....&&..
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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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.&&&.&&... 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 .&&.&.&&&&
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&&...&.&&. BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD &&.&.&&&..
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&&.&..&&&& THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR &...&.&&&&
.&&&.&.... EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL &..&&&....
&..&&&.... WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO &.&..&....
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