§§¨¨¨§¨¨§§                                          §§§¨§¨§§§¨
§¨§¨¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨§¨§§§                                          §§¨§¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨¨§§ 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.      ¨¨¨¨§§¨§§¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨§§
§¨¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§§¨
§§¨§¨§§§§§                                          ¨§¨§§§¨§¨§
¨¨§§§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨§§§§