,:«=*&¤@## ##@¤&*=«:,
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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. @¤&*=«:,,,
,,:«=*&¤@# #@¤&*=«:,,
,:«=*&¤@## ##@¤&*=«:,
,,:«=*&¤@# 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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