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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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¨-~^*$§###     A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.      ###§$*^~-¨
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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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¨-~^*$§###  FOR A SPLIT SECOND, THE ROOM IS DEVOID  ###§$*^~-¨
¨¨-~^*$§##    OF LIFE. BUT THEN, THE EVENING SUN    ##§$*^~-¨¨
¨-~^*$§###  FINDS SOMETHING NEW ON THE FLOOR. IN A  ###§$*^~-¨
¨¨-~^*$§##  POOL OF PRIMORDIAL WATER, A SHIVERING   ##§$*^~-¨¨
¨-~^*$§###       FOURLEGGER OPENS THEIR EYES.       ###§$*^~-¨
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¨-~^*$§###    THERE IS A SECOND BLOOMING, AND A     ###§$*^~-¨
¨¨-~^*$§##    THIRD, AND A FOURTH. STRUGGLING TO    ##§$*^~-¨¨
¨-~^*$§###   RISE, FINDING THE UNEXPECTED STRENGTH  ###§$*^~-¨
¨¨-~^*$§##  OF THE NEW BODY, FALLING HEADFIRST INTO ##§$*^~-¨¨
¨-~^*$§###                NEW URGES.                ###§$*^~-¨
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¨-~^*$§###  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  ###§$*^~-¨
¨¨-~^*$§##      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      ##§$*^~-¨¨
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