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¨¨,-*%%§¶#       crimson emergency flares...        #¶§%%*-,¨¨
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¨,-*%%§¶##  bellowing their manifest, in the rain,  ##¶§%%*-,¨
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¨,-*%%§¶##  yearning. a memory of being touched by  ##¶§%%*-,¨
¨¨,-*%%§¶#    a ray from a raspberry sun. still     #¶§%%*-,¨¨
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¨¨,-*%%§¶#  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  #¶§%%*-,¨¨
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¨¨,-*%%§¶#  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   #¶§%%*-,¨¨
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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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