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¨¨^~†%@###  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ###@%†~^¨¨
¨^~†%@####         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ####@%†~^¨
¨¨^~†%@###        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       ###@%†~^¨¨
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¨^~†%@#### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†  †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ####@%†~^¨
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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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