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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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