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.-=\%### cold boiling asphalt and ####&%\=-.
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.-=\%### in the dark, ####&%\=-.
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.-=\%### and something followed me out, a ####&%\=-.
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.-=\%### 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 ####&%\=-.
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.-=\%### 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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