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,,,^-^%$#¶  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ¶#$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$#¶#         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         #¶#$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#¶##       CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...        ##¶#$%^-^,
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,^-^%$#¶##   THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND    ##¶#$%^-^,
,,^-^%$#¶#  BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN,  #¶#$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$#¶               IN THE DARK,               ¶#$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$#                                          #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$#¶     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     ¶#$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$#¶#  YEARNING. A MEMORY OF BEING TOUCHED BY  #¶#$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#¶##     A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL    ##¶#$%^-^,
,,^-^%$#¶#   THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND  #¶#$%^-^,,
,,,^-^%$#¶   FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A  ¶#$%^-^,,,
,,,,^-^%$#  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  #$%^-^,,,,
,,,^-^%$#¶            A PROMISE FOR MORE.           ¶#$%^-^,,,
,,^-^%$#¶#                                          #¶#$%^-^,,
,^-^%$#¶##  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ##¶#$%^-^,
,,^-^%$#¶#              YOUR POCKET...              #¶#$%^-^,,
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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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