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,,,-†§§&##  in a black rubbery sleep i dream about  ##&§§†-,,,
,,,,-†§§&#         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,               §†-,,,,,,,
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,,,,,-†§§&     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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,,,,,,,,,,   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.               #&§§†-,,,,
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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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