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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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