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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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