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¨,~:$%§¶@#         cold boiling asphalt and         #@¶§%$:~,¨
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¨,~:$%§¶@#  bellowing their manifest, in the rain,  #@¶§%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%§§§@               in the dark,               @§§§%$:~,¨
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¨,~:$%§¶##     and something followed me out, a     ##¶§%$:~,¨
¨¨¨,~~$$$§  yearning. a memory of being touched by  §$$$~~,¨¨¨
¨,~:$%§¶@#    a ray from a raspberry sun. still     #@¶§%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%§¶@#  there, everything would be gritty and   #@¶§%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%§¶@#  full of tar. rain upon it. but then a   #@¶§%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%§¶@#  few bright and colorful anomalies. and  #@¶§%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%§¶@#            a promise for more.           #@¶§%$:~,¨
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¨,~:%§¶@##  like waking up with a business card in  ##@¶§%:~,¨
¨,~:$%§¶##              your pocket...              ##¶§%$:~,¨
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¨,~:$%§¶@# lizard, surfacing for milliseconds at a  #@¶§%$:~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~:$$§    time, calling, tugging at my arms.    §$$:~~¨¨¨¨
¨,,~~~:$§§   begging me to sink back down and be    §§$:~~~,,¨
¨,~:$%§@##  with them, with their kind. easy to get ##@§%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%§¶@#   washed away from the tether, from the  #@¶§%$:~,¨
¨,~:$%§@##               way back up.               ##@§%$:~,¨
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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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