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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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