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¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ «««««««««««««««««*    *««««««««««««««««« ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨  in a black rubbery sleep i dream about  ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨         cold boiling asphalt and         ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨       crimson emergency flares...        ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                    **                    ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ ««««««««««««««««««*  *«««««««««««««««««« ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                    **                    ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨   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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