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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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