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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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