##**===... ...===**##
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§§*==~.... ....~==*§§
#**====... ...====**#
§§***=~... ...~=***§§
#*=~...... #§.....................................§ ......~=*#
###§**==~. . . .~==**§###
###§**==~. . the dream . .~==**§###
§***==~... . of being swallowed . ...~==***§
§**=====~. . by the beast. . .~=====**§
#§*=~..... . . .....~=*§#
§§§*=~~~~. #§.....................................§ .~~~~=*§§§
###§**==~. .~==**§###
#*==~..... # inside ================ # .....~==*#
##§**==... . an animal . as if . to be safe ...==**§##
#§***=~... ...~=***§#
###§**==~. ..######...###...###. .~==**§###
§§§*==~... =~.#### =~.###=~. ####=. ...~==*§§§
#**==~.... =~.#### =~.###=~. ####=. ....~==**#
###§**==~. 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) .~==****##
###§**==~. .~==**§###
###§**==~. .~==**§###
###§**==~. .~==**§###
§*===~~... ...~~===*§
###§**==~. .~==**§###