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,^»\**£@##  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  ##@£**\»^,
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,^»\**£@##  few bright and colorful anomalies. and  ##@£**\»^,
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,^»\**£@##  a feather boa wrapped around a velvet   ##@£**\»^,
,,,»\***£@ lizard, surfacing for milliseconds at a  @£***\»,,,
,^»»»****@    time, calling, tugging at my arms.    @****»»»^,
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,,,^^\***£ with them, with their kind. easy to get  £***\^^,,,
,,,,,^»**£  washed away from the tether, from the   £**»^,,,,,
,,,^»»»*£#               way back up.               #£*»»»^,,,
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,^»\**£@##    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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