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,,^=*%$££#         cold boiling asphalt and         #££$%*=^,,
,,,^=*%$££       crimson emergency flares...        ££$%*=^,,,
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,,,^=*%$££    they were tearing down statues, and   ££$%*=^,,,
,,^=*%$££#  bellowing their manifest, in the rain,  #££$%*=^,,
,^=*%$££##               in the dark,               ##££$%*=^,
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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...              #££$%*=^,,
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,,,,^=*%$£  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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