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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,               ##@§*§†-.¨
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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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