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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,               @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@@                                          @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨¨@     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.        @¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
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