¨§¨§¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§§§§¨¨§¨§                                          §§§§§§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨§§¨§§¨§§§                    ==                    ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§§¨§§¨¨§                   =  =                   ¨¨§§§§§§§§
§§¨§§¨§¨§§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=    =~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨§§§§¨§                   =  =                   §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨§§¨¨¨§§¨                    ==                    ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§¨§§§¨¨  in a black rubbery sleep i dream about  ¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§
§¨¨§§¨¨§¨§         cold boiling asphalt and         §§¨¨¨§¨§§§
§¨§¨§¨§§§¨       crimson emergency flares...        ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
§§§§§§¨¨§§                                          §§¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§                    ==                    ¨§§§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§§¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=  =~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §¨¨§§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                    ==                    §¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §§§§¨§¨§§¨
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨    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.       ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§
§§§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨§§§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                    ==                    §¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                   =  =                   §¨¨§§¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=    =~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ §¨§¨§§§¨§§
§§§§§§§¨§§                   =  =                   §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§                    ==                    ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§§§§§§§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§§¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§