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:,,,,,,,,,  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,,         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,,        CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...       ,,,,,,,,,:
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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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$%*«:,,,,,  LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A ,,,,,:«*%$
&$%*«:,,,,    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    ,,,,:«*%$&
#&$%*«:,,,   BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE    ,,,:«*%$&#
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$%*«:,,,,, BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD  ,,,,,:«*%$
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*«:,,,,,,,   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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