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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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