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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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