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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.            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§§§§¨¨§§                                          §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ¨§§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨              YOUR POCKET...              ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§§
¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨  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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