,,,,,~%§§&                                          &§§%~,,,,,
,,,,,,//%&                                          &%//,,,,,,
,,,,,,//§&                                          &§//,,,,,,
,,,,,/%&&#                                          #&&%/,,,,,
,,~/%§&#@#                                          #@#&§%/~,,
,,~/%§&#@@ the feral dream          ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# @@#&§%/~,,
,,~/%§&#@#                                          #@#&§%/~,,
,,~/%§&### //////////////////////////////////////// ###&§%/~,,
,,~/%§&#@# / event: ingestion of three hundred    / #@#&§%/~,,
,,~/%§&&&& / and sixty micrograms of selatenine   / &&&&§%/~,,
,,,,~%%&&@ //////////////////////////////////////// @&&%%~,,,,
,,,,,,,/§&                                          &§/,,,,,,,
,,~/%§§§§#     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.      #&&%~,,,,,
,,,,,,/§##                                          ##§/,,,,,,
,,~/%§§&##                                          ##&§§%/~,,
,,~/%§&#@#                                          #@#&§%/~,,
,,,~~///§#                                          #§///~~,,,
,,,,,~%%&&                                          &&%%~,,,,,