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,~-†§§#### the feral dream          ----¶ ----¶ --¶ ####§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##                                          ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶## †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†††§### † event: ingestion of three hundred    † ###§†††-~,
,~-†§§#¶## † and sixty micrograms of selatenine   † ##¶#§§†-~,
,,,~~†§§§¶ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¶§§§†~~,,,
,~-††††§§#                                          #§§††††-~,
,,~~-§§#¶¶     a gentle transformation occurs.      ¶¶#§§-~~,,
,~-†§§####                                          ####§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##   first, just an isolated prick in the   ##¶#§§†-~,
,,,,~†§§¶¶  fingers, which could be nothing. except ¶¶§§†~,,,,
,~-†§§#¶##   there is a tension that wasn't there   ##¶#§§†-~,
,,,,,,-†§¶                  before.                 ¶§†-,,,,,,
,~-†§§#¶##                                          ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##    joy as a television static spreads    ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##  slowly up the arms. (old limbs falling  ##¶#§§†-~,
,,~~-†§§¶¶        asleep for the last time.)        ¶¶§§†-~~,,
,~-††§§#¶¶                                          ¶¶#§§††-~,
,,,~~††§#¶  next is a private moment, and we must   ¶#§††~~,,,
,,,,~-§###   look away for a bit. but whatever's    ###§-~,,,,
,~-†§§##¶#    happening doesn't sound unpleasant.   #¶##§§†-~,
,,,,,~†§##   short breath, moans, bones breaking,   ##§†~,,,,,
,~-†§§#¶##  maybe; but these are raptorous things,  ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†§§§§##           they are exultations.          ##§§§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##                                          ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##  for a split second, the room is devoid  ##¶#§§†-~,
,,,,~††§¶#    of life. but then, the evening sun    #¶§††~,,,,
,~-†§#¶###  finds something new on the floor. in a  ###¶#§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##  pool of primordial water, a shivering   ##¶#§§†-~,
,,,,,,,-§#       fourlegger opens their eyes.       #§-,,,,,,,
,~-†§§#¶##                                          ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##     there is a second blooming, and a    ##¶#§§†-~,
,~-†§§####    third, and a fourth. struggling to    ####§§†-~,
,,,,,,,-§#  rise, finding the unexpected strength   #§-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-†§#  of the new body, falling headfirst into #§†-,,,,,,
,,,,,~-§##                new urges.                ##§-~,,,,,
,,,~-†§#¶¶                                          ¶¶#§†-~,,,
,~-†§§§§§#  escaping through the glassless window.  #§§§§§†-~,
,~-†§§#¶##      outside, the world is waiting.      ##¶#§§†-~,
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