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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,               ####%§^=-.
.-=^§%####                                          ####%§^=-.
......-^§@     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...              ###@%§^=-.
.-=^§%@###                                          ###@%§^=-.
.-=^§%@@##   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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