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##@¤$†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                    ††                    ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                   †  †                   ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†    †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                   †  †                   ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                    ††                    ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨  IN A BLACK RUBBERY SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT  ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨         COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND         ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨       CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES...        ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                    ††                    ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†  †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                    ††                    ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨   THEY WERE TEARING DOWN STATUES, AND    ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨  BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN,  ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨               IN THE DARK,               ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨     AND SOMETHING FOLLOWED ME OUT, A     ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨  YEARNING. A MEMORY OF BEING TOUCHED BY  ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨    A RAY FROM A RASPBERRY SUN. STILL     ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨   THERE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GRITTY AND  ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨   FULL OF TAR. RAIN UPON IT. BUT THEN A  ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨  FEW BRIGHT AND COLORFUL ANOMALIES. AND  ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨            A PROMISE FOR MORE.           ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨  LIKE WAKING UP WITH A BUSINESS CARD IN  ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨              YOUR POCKET...              ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨  A FEATHER BOA WRAPPED AROUND A VELVET   ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨ LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A  ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨    TIME, CALLING, TUGGING AT MY ARMS.    ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨    BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE   ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨  WITH THEM, WITH THEIR KIND. EASY TO GET ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨  WASHED AWAY FROM THE TETHER, FROM THE   ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨               WAY BACK UP.               ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨  BUT I CANNOT GO. THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨   BE TOO LARGE. ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M IN  ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨   THE WORK MILL AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR    ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨   EYES ON ME ALREADY. THE FEELING WILL   ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨  WANE, AND I WILL MISS IT, AND CEASE TO  ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨        UNDERSTAND. LIKE EVERY DAY.       ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                    ††                    ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                   †  †                   ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†    †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                   †  †                   ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                    ††                    ¨,~†$¤@###
##@¤$†~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~†$¤@##
###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
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###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###
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###@¤$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$¤@###