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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.            ,,,,^~\§§@
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#@@§§\~^,,  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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