,,~\%§#¶## ##¶#§%\~,,
,,~\%§#¶## ##¶#§%\~,,
,,,~~%§#¶¶ ¶¶#§%~~,,,
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,,~\%§#¶¶¶ ¶¶¶#§%\~,,
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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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