&..&&.&&&& &&&.&&.&.&
&.&.&&...& ..&&.&&&&.
&&&&.&..&. .&.&&...&&
...&&&.&&& &&&.&..&..
..&..&&... ..&&&.&&..
.&&.&.&... #&.....................................& .&..&&.&..
&.&&&&&..& . . &&.&.&&&..
&&....&.&. . the dream . .&&&&..&.&
.&...&&&&& . of being swallowed . &...&.&&&.
&&..&....& . by the beast. . &..&&&..&.
.&.&&...&. . . &.&..&.&&&
&&&.&..&&. #&.....................................& &&&.&&&..&
..&&&.&.&. ..&&..&.&.
.&..&&&&&. # inside ---------------- # .&.&.&&&&.
&&.&....&& . an animal . as if . to be safe &&&&&...&.
.&&&...&.& ....&..&&&
&..&..&&&& ..####@#...###...###. ...&&.&..&
&.&&.&.... -^.#### -^.###-^. ####-. ..&.&&&.&.
&&.&&&.... -^.#### -^.###-^. ####-. .&&&..&&&&
.&&..&.... the dream of resting inside another &..&.&....
&.&.&&...& animal. thats how it starts, &.&&&&....
&&&&.&..&& -^. with the dream, .^- &&...&...&
...&&&.&.. -^.####-^.###-^.####-. .&..&&..&.
..&..&&&.. but this time i was curious of where it &&.&.&.&&.
.&&.&..&.. was going, .&&&&&&.&.
&.&&&.&&.. @// ---------- //@ &.....&&&.
&&..&&.&.& // -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- // &....&..&&
.&.&.&&&&& &...&&.&..
&&&&&..... the first gate is the lips &..&.&&&..
....&..... &.&&&..&.&
...&&....& . . to get at the throat. . &&..&.&&&&
..&.&...&& .&.&&&...&
.&&&&..&.. to be falling into the water, the &&&..&..&&
&...&.&&.& ocean, the void, but it must be done in ..&.&&.&.&
&..&&&.&&& the right way - in a very specific way. .&&&.&&&&.
&.&..&&... &..&&...&&
&&&.&.&... /^^^-----------////^^^^^^^/^----^^^^^/^ &.&.&..&..
..&&&&&... ^^^///////^^^^/-^ &&&&&.&&.&
.&....&..& ^^^///---^/-///-^^^/----///////^ ....&&.&&&
&&...&&.&& ^^^^/^--^//^////////// ...&.&&..&
.&..&.&&.. ///////////////////// ///////////// ..&&&.&.&.
&&.&&&.&.. it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's .&..&&&&&.
.&&..&&&.& slow... graceful... but then it gets &&.&....&&
&.&.&..&&& too much and you faint. .&&&...&.&
&&&&&.&..& /#^^/-^^^^-^---------------/////// &..&..&&&.
....&&&.&& ///////////// (you will feel very close &.&&.&..&&
...&..&&.. to nature) &&.&&&.&.&
..&&.&.&.& /#^^/-^^^^-^---------------/////// .&&..&&&&&
.&.&&&&&&& ///////////// (you will feel very close &.&.&....&
&&&......& to the beast that is everything) &&&&&...&&
..&.....&& /#^^/-^^^^-^---------------/////// ....&..&..
.&&....&.& ///////////// (only through its help) ...&&.&&..
&.&...&&&& /#^^/-^^^^-^---------------// (very ..&.&&.&..
&&&..&.... hard to get here without the aid of the .&&&.&&&.&
..&.&&...& beast) /// (state where the human is &..&&..&&.
.&&&.&..&& submerged in the animal) /// // &.&.&.&.&.
&..&&&.&.& (becoming the animal) /// (forget &&&&&&&&&.
&.&..&&&&. everything else) /// // (my soul is the ........&&
&&&.&...&& beast's soul) /// (a sludgy sense of .......&..
..&&&..&.& satisfaction. it's good) /// (it's ......&&.&
.&..&.&&&& good) /// // (breathing heavily) /// .....&.&&&
&&.&&&.... /// // (the two souls will move ....&&&..&
.&&..&.... together) /// (merge and dissolve) /// ...&..&.&.
&.&.&&...& (collective body) /// (rearranged and ..&&.&&&&.
&&&&.&..&. reordered) /// (the individual is not .&.&&...&&
...&&&.&&& so important) &&&.&..&..
..&..&&... ..&&&.&&..
.&&.&.&... .&..&&.&..
&.&&&&&..& &&.&.&&&..
&&....&.&. .&&&&..&.&
.&...&&&&& &...&.&&&.