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##@#¤†^~,.  in a black rubbery sleep i dream about  .,~^†¤#@##
@#¤††~~~,.         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...              .,~^†¤#@##
@@@#¤†^~,.                                          .,~^†¤#@@@
##@#¤†^~,.  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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