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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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