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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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