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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 #$\.......
......~\$& reordered) \\\ (the individual is not &$\~......
..~\*$## so important) ###&$*\~..
.....\\$## ##$\\.....
.......~*& &*~.......
..~\*### ####&*\~..
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