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#¤$~¨¨¨¨¨¨         cold boiling asphalt and         ¨¨¨¨¨¨~$¤#
###¤%$/~^¨        crimson emergency flares...       ¨^~/$%¤###
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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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##%$/~¨¨¨¨   a feather boa wrapped around a velvet  ¨¨¨¨~/$%##
###¤%$/~^¨ lizard, surfacing for milliseconds at a  ¨^~/$%¤###
###¤%$/~^¨    time, calling, tugging at my arms.    ¨^~/$%¤###
###¤%$/~^¨   begging me to sink back down and be    ¨^~/$%¤###
###¤%$/~^¨  with them, with their kind. easy to get ¨^~/$%¤###
###¤%$/~^¨   washed away from the tether, from the  ¨^~/$%¤###
##¤¤%$/~^¨               way back up.               ¨^~/$%¤¤##
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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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