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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,               %§†«:.....
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.......:«†     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.            ##@@%§†«:.
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...:«†§%@@  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.               #@@%§†«:..
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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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