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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,               ¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨¨§§
§§§¨§§§¨¨§     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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