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#¨##¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
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#¨##¨#¨#¨#                    ††                    ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                   †  †                   ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨# -----------------†    †----------------- ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                   †  †                   ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                    ††                    ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#  in a black rubbery sleep i dream about  ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#         cold boiling asphalt and         ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#        crimson emergency flares...       ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                    ††                    ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# ------------------†  †------------------ ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                    ††                    ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#   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.        ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                    ††                    ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                   †  †                   ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨# -----------------†    †----------------- ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                   †  †                   ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                    ††                    ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨##¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
#¨¨#¨#¨#¨#                                          ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨