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¤¤¤%\~,,,, cold boiling asphalt and ,,,,~\%¤¤¤
#¤¤¤&%\~^, crimson emergency flares... ,^~\%&¤¤¤#
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#@#¤&%\~^, in the dark, ,^~\%&¤#@#
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¤¤%%\\\~^, 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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#@#¤&%\~^, 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 ,,^~\%&&&#
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#¤&\^,,,,, 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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