.&&&...&.& &.&...&..&
&&..&..&&& &&&&..&&.&
..&.&&.&.. ....&.&.&&
&.&&&.&&&. ....&&&&&.
&&&..&&..& &...&....&
...&.&.&.& #&.....................................& &&..&&...&
&..&&&&&&& . . ..&.&.&..&
.&.&...... . 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) ....&&&&&.
&&&..&&..& &...&....&
...&.&.&.& &&..&&...&
&..&&&&&&& ..&.&.&..&
.&.&...... ..&&&&&&.&
&&&&&..... ..&.....&&