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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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