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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. ###¤§*†~~.
.~~†*§¤@## ##@¤§*†~~.
.~~†*§#@## ##@#§*†~~.
.~~†*§¤#@# 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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