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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 @.@@@@.@..
@@@......@ 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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