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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,  ###@*%:~,,
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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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