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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...              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§§¨¨§§¨                                          §§§§§§§§§§
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§§§§¨¨§¨¨
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