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§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ the feral dream          ====# ====# ==# ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ **************************************** ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§ * 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.                  ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§    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.      ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
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