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&¨¨¨¨¨¨&&& OK  THIS IS SO  WEIRD  FOR ME,  HOLD  ON ¨¨&&¨&&&&&
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&¨¨¨¨&&¨¨& I'M  IN  A  FUNNEL,  I'M IN ONE OF THOSE &&&¨&¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨¨&¨&¨&&     SPEED METER THINGS, I'M ZOOMING      ¨¨&&&¨¨¨&¨
&¨¨&&&&&¨&      THROUGH, NEVER REACHING THE END     ¨&¨¨&¨¨&&&
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&&&¨¨¨&¨&¨ AND  NOW  THE WIND IS CONSCIOUSNESS  AND ¨&&¨&&&¨¨&
¨¨&¨¨&&&&& THE FUNNEL IS MY BODY  - WHEN I'M INSIDE &¨&&¨¨&¨&¨
¨&&¨&¨¨¨¨& I  FAIL  TO  SEE THAT I'M  ALL THE  SAME &&¨&¨&&&&¨
&¨&&&¨¨¨&¨           THING, WE'RE THE SAME          ¨&&&&¨¨¨&¨
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¨&¨&&¨&¨&¨ ONE  WINTER  DAY  I  THINK  YEAR  TWENTY &¨¨&&¨&¨¨¨
&&&¨&&&&&¨ ELEVEN OR  MAYBE EARLIER, POSSIBLY  MUCH &¨&¨&&&¨¨¨
¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&& EARLIER, I WALKED OUT ALONE  ON THE LAKE &&&&¨¨&¨¨&
¨&¨&¨¨¨&¨¨ FOLLOWING   A    FOX   TRAIL,   A   THIN ¨¨¨&¨&&¨&&
&&&&¨¨&&¨¨ SNOW-COVERED  ICE, A  STUPID  GIRL,  AND ¨¨&&&¨&&¨&
¨¨¨&¨&¨&¨¨ THE FOX  WRAPS  HIS TAIL AROUND ME, IT'S ¨&¨¨&&¨&&¨
¨¨&&&&&&¨& IMPOSSIBLY  LARGE, AND  I'M BURROWED, IT &&¨&¨&&¨&¨
¨&¨¨¨¨¨&&&        FEELS NICE, AND THAT'S THAT       ¨&&&&¨&&&¨
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