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¨¨^~^*$#@#                   ^  ^                   #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                   ^  ^                   #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##                    ^^                    ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                                          #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@  in a black rubbery sleep i dream about  @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#         cold boiling asphalt and         #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##        crimson emergency flares...       ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                                          #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@                    ^^                    @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##                    ^^                    ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                                          #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@    they were tearing down statues, and   @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#  bellowing their manifest, in the rain,  #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##               in the dark,               ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                                          #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@     and something followed me out, a     @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#  yearning. a memory of being touched by  #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##    a ray from a raspberry sun. still     ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#   there, everything would be gritty and  #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@   full of tar. rain upon it. but then a  @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#  few bright and colorful anomalies. and  #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##           a promise for more.            ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                                          #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@  like waking up with a business card in  @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#              your pocket...              #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##                                          ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#  a feather boa wrapped around a velvet   #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@  lizard, surfacing for milliseconds at a @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#    time, calling, tugging at my arms.    #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##    begging me to sink back down and be   ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#  with them, with their kind. easy to get #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@   washed away from the tether, from the  @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#               way back up.               #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##                                          ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                                          #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@  but i cannot go. the consequences would @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#   be too large. especially since i'm in  #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##   the work mill and they've got their    ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#   eyes on me already. the feeling will   #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@  wane, and i will miss it, and cease to  @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#       understand. like every day.        #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##                                          ##@#$*^~^¨
¨¨^~^*$#@#                    ^^                    #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^*$#@                   ^  ^                   @#$*^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^*$#@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@#$*^~^¨¨
¨^~^*$#@##                   ^  ^                   ##@#$*^~^¨
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¨¨^~^*$#@#                                          #@#$*^~^¨¨