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¨~~\†¤@### COLD BOILING ASPHALT AND ###@¤†\~~¨
¨~~\†¤@### CRIMSON EMERGENCY FLARES... ###@¤†\~~¨
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¨¨¨~\†¤¤¤@ BELLOWING THEIR MANIFEST, IN THE RAIN, @¤¤¤†\~¨¨¨
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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 ####@¤\~~¨
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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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