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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     ¨¨¨~~†%¤##
###¤$%†~,¨   THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND  ¨,~†%$¤###
###¤$%†~,¨   FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A  ¨,~†%$¤###
¤$%†~¨¨¨¨¨  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ¨¨¨¨¨~†%$¤
###¤$%†~,¨           A PROMISE FOR MORE.            ¨,~†%$¤###
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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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