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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,               ¨.~^^^††#@
#@¶#¤†^~.¨                                          ¨.~^†¤#¶@#
#@¶#¤†^~.¨     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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#¤¤†††^~.¨                                          ¨.~^†††¤¤#