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¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨                                          §§§§§¨§§¨§
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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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§¨¨§§§¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
§¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨§§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨§§¨§§§