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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...              ,,,,,,,,«^
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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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