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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.               #@¤§§:«^,,
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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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