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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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.^~/$¤####  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ####¤$/~^.
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.....~*$¤¤   A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET  ¤¤$*~.....
.^~/*$¤###  LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A ###¤$*/~^.
.^~///*¤##    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    ##¤*///~^.
.^~/*$¤###    BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE   ###¤$*/~^.
.^~/*$¤### WITH THEM, WITH THEIR KIND. EASY TO GET  ###¤$*/~^.
.^~/*$¤###   WASHED AWAY FROM THE TETHER, FROM THE  ###¤$*/~^.
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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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