¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§§§¨
§§§§§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§§¨¨§¨¨¨                    ;;                    ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§                   ;  ;                   §§§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;    ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨§§                   ;  ;                   ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                    ;;                    §§¨¨§§§§§§
§¨¨§§§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§§§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨  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.       §¨¨¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨§§§§§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                    ;;                    §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨§¨¨§                   ;  ;                   ¨¨§§§§§§§§
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;    ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨§§§§§§§
§§¨¨§§§§§¨                   ;  ;                   §§¨¨§§§§§§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                    ;;                    §¨¨¨¨§§§§§
¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§§§§§§§§§                                          §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§§§§§§§§§                                          §§§§§¨¨§§¨
¨¨§§§§§§§¨                                          §§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨¨§§§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§§§§§