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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...              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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