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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. #@#¤%^~^..
.^~^%¤#@## ##@#¤%^~^.
..^~^%¤#@# 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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