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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 &^*=,,,,,,
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,,,,=*^&## IN THE DARK, ##&^*=,,,,
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,,,,=*^&## A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL ##&^*=,,,,
,,,,,=*^&# THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND #&^*=,,,,,
,,,,,,=*^& FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A &^*=,,,,,,
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,,,=*^&### TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS. ###&^*=,,,
,,=*^&#### BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE ####&^*=,,
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,,,,,=*^&# WAY BACK UP. #&^*=,,,,,
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,,,,,,,=*^ EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL ^*=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=*^& WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO &^*=,,,,,,
,,,,,=*^&# UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY. #&^*=,,,,,
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