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/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ the dream ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ of being swallowed ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #@¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/
^/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/^
%^/~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ an animal ¨ as if ¨ to be safe ¨¨¨¨¨:~/^%
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#¶@%^/~:¨¨ ~:¨#### ~:¨###~:¨ ####~¨ ¨¨:~/^%@¶#
##¶@%^/~:¨ ~:¨#### ~:¨###~:¨ ####~¨ ¨:~/^%@¶##
#¶@%^/~:¨¨ 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) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/
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