¨§¨§¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§
§§§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          §§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
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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.        §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
§¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨                                          §¨§§§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§¨§§§¨§                    ::                    §§¨¨§§¨§¨§
§¨§§§¨¨§§¨                   :  :                   ¨§¨§¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§§ -----------------:    :----------------- §§§§§¨¨¨§§
¨§¨§§§§§¨§                   :  :                   ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§§¨                    ::                    ¨¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨§¨§
¨§§¨¨§§§¨§                                          ¨§§§¨§§§§§
§¨§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§§§§§¨§¨§§                                          §¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§                                          §§§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§