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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  ¨,«/*§§§§@
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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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