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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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