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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. ##£&%†/=:,
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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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