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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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