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§§¨¨§§§§§¨         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...              ¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨
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¨§§¨¨¨§§§§ LIZARD, SURFACING FOR MILLISECONDS AT A  ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
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¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§   BEGGING ME TO SINK BACK DOWN AND BE    §§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
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¨§§§§§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§§§§§§
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§  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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