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¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*†         cold boiling asphalt and         †*~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*       crimson emergency flares...        *~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*†  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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