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,,,~^%§###                    ^^                    ###§%^~,,,
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,,,~^%§### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ###§%^~,,,
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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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,,,,~^%§##                    ^^                    ##§%^~,,,,
,,,~^%§###                   ^  ^                   ###§%^~,,,
,,~^%§#### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ####§%^~,,
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