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#@¤$/~:...  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ...:~/$¤@#
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###@¤$/~:.       CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...        .:~/$¤@###
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###@¤$/~:.    A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL     .:~/$¤@###
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#@¤$/~:...  FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A   ...:~/$¤@#
##@¤$/~:..  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ..:~/$¤@##
###@¤$/~:.           A PROMISE FOR MORE.            .:~/$¤@###
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#@¤$/~:...  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ...:~/$¤@#
##@¤$/~:..              YOUR POCKET...              ..:~/$¤@##
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##@¤$/~:..   A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET  ..:~/$¤@##
#@¤$/~:...  LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A ...:~/$¤@#
##@¤$/~:..    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    ..:~/$¤@##
###@¤$/~:.   BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE    .:~/$¤@###
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###@¤$/~:.   THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR    .:~/$¤@###
##@¤$/~:..   EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL   ..:~/$¤@##
#@¤$/~:...  WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO  ...:~/$¤@#
##@¤$/~:..       UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY.        ..:~/$¤@##
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