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¨¨¨¨,«=£## the feral dream          ««««# ««««# ««# ##£=«,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,«=£ //////////////////////////////////////// £=«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«= / event: ingestion of three hundred    / =«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« / and sixty micrograms of selatenine   / «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      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.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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