¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                    ::                    §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                   :  :                   ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨§¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:    :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨§                   :  :                   §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                    ::                    ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§  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.        §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                    ::                    ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                   :  :                   §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:    :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                   :  :                   ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                    ::                    §¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§