#@#¤%*†~.¨                                          ¨.~†*%¤#@#
@@#¤%*†~.¨                                          ¨.~†*%¤#@@
#¤%**†~~.¨                                          ¨.~~†**%¤#
##@#¤%*†.¨                                          ¨.†*%¤#@##
###¤%*†~.¨                                          ¨.~†*%¤###
@#%†..¨¨¨¨                    ††                    ¨¨¨¨..†%#@
###¤%*†~.¨                   †  †                   ¨.~†*%¤###
¤¤¤*†~¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†    †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~†*¤¤¤
#%†.¨¨¨¨¨¨                   †  †                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨.†%#
#¤¤¤%*†~.¨                    ††                    ¨.~†*%¤¤¤#
#%†...¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨...†%#
#%*†.¨¨¨¨¨  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.        ¨.~†*%¤#@@
#¤*~~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~~*¤#
#%*~~.¨¨¨¨                    ††                    ¨¨¨¨.~~*%#
#¤¤%*~.¨¨¨                   †  †                   ¨¨¨.~*%¤¤#
#%†††~¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†    †~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨~†††%#
##@¤%*†~.¨                   †  †                   ¨.~†*%¤@##
###¤%*†~.¨                    ††                    ¨.~†*%¤###
##%%††...¨                                          ¨...††%%##
¤**†.¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨.†**¤
##%**~.¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨.~**%##
¤*****†~.¨                                          ¨.~†*****¤
#%**~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~**%#
##@#¤*†~.¨                                          ¨.~†*¤#@##