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¤¤%~,¨¨¨¨¨ the feral dream          ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# ¨¨¨¨¨,~%¤¤
¤%/~¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/%¤
#¤//,,,¨¨¨ //////////////////////////////////////// ¨¨¨,,,//¤#
¤%/,¨¨¨¨¨¨ / event: ingestion of three hundred    / ¨¨¨¨¨¨,/%¤
¤¤%//,¨¨¨¨ / and sixty micrograms of selatenine   / ¨¨¨¨,//%¤¤
##¤%//,¨¨¨ //////////////////////////////////////// ¨¨¨,//%¤##
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###¤¤%/~,¨      a gentle transformation occurs.     ¨,~/%¤¤###
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#¤¤¤/,,¨¨¨   first, just an isolated prick in the   ¨¨¨,,/¤¤¤#
###¤¤%/~,¨  fingers, which could be nothing. except ¨,~/%¤¤###
###¤¤%/~,¨   there is a tension that wasn't there   ¨,~/%¤¤###
###¤¤%/~,¨                  before.                 ¨,~/%¤¤###
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###¤¤%/~,¨    joy as a television static spreads    ¨,~/%¤¤###
###¤¤%/~,¨  slowly up the arms. (old limbs falling  ¨,~/%¤¤###
###¤¤%/~,¨        asleep for the last time.)        ¨,~/%¤¤###
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¤¤¤//,¨¨¨¨   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.           ¨,~/%¤¤###
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###¤¤%/~,¨  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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