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,:=^%¤@@## in a black rubbery sleep i dream about ##@@¤%^=:,
,:=^%¤@@## cold boiling asphalt and ##@@¤%^=:,
,,,,,,==%@ crimson emergency flares... @%==,,,,,,
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,:=^%¤@@## ^^ ##@@¤%^=:,
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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... @@@%=:,,,,
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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. #@@@¤%^=:,
,,,,,:^¤¤@ @¤¤^:,,,,,
,:=^%¤@@@# #@@@¤%^=:,
,:=^¤@@### 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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