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¨,=†%%§¶@# THE FERAL DREAM          ====¶ ====¶ ==¶ #@¶§%%†=,¨
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¨,=†%%§¶@#     A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.      #@¶§%%†=,¨
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¨,=†%%§¶@#   FIRST, JUST AN ISOLATED PRICK IN THE   #@¶§%%†=,¨
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¨,=†%%§¶@#   THERE IS A TENSION THAT WASN'T THERE   #@¶§%%†=,¨
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¨¨,==†%§§@  NEXT IS A PRIVATE MOMENT, AND WE MUST   @§§%†==,¨¨
¨,=†%%%§¶¶    LOOK AWAY FOR A BIT. BUT WHATEVER'S   ¶¶§%%%†=,¨
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¨,=†%%§¶##  MAYBE; BUT THESE ARE RAPTOROUS THINGS,  ##¶§%%†=,¨
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¨¨,=†††%§¶    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    ¶§%†††=,¨¨
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¨¨¨,†††%¶@     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.                §%%†††,,,¨
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¨¨¨,=%%§§@  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  @§§%%=,¨¨¨
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