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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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