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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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