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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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