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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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