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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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&,&,&,&&,,                    ^^                    &,,&&&,&,&
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