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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...              ,,,&,,&&&&
&&,,,,&&,,                                          &,,&&,&,,,
&,&,,,&,&,   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.               ,,&,,&&,&&
&,&,&,&&&&                                          &,&&,&,&&,
&&&&&&&,,,                                          ,&&,&&&&,&
,,,,,,,&,, 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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