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...~/§§¤@# . . #@¤§§/~...
....~/§§¤@ . the dream . @¤§§/~....
.....~/§§¤ . of being swallowed . ¤§§/~.....
......~/§§ . by the beast. . §§/~......
.....~/§§¤ . . ¤§§/~.....
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...~/§§¤@# #@¤§§/~...
..~/§§¤@## # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ##@¤§§/~..
...~/§§¤@# . an animal . as if . to be safe #@¤§§/~...
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.....~/§§¤ ..######...###...###. ¤§§/~.....
......~/§§ ~..#### ~..###~.. ####~. §§/~......
.....~/§§¤ ~..#### ~..###~.. ####~. ¤§§/~.....
....~/§§¤@ the dream of resting inside another @¤§§/~....
...~/§§¤@# animal. thats how it starts, #@¤§§/~...
..~/§§¤@## ~.. with the dream, ..~ ##@¤§§/~..
...~/§§¤@# ~..####~..###~..####~. #@¤§§/~...
....~/§§¤@ but this time i was curious of where it @¤§§/~....
.....~/§§¤ was going, ¤§§/~.....
......~/§§ #// ~~~~~~~~~~ //# §§/~......
.....~/§§¤ // ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ // ¤§§/~.....
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...~/§§¤@# the first gate is the lips #@¤§§/~...
..~/§§¤@## ##@¤§§/~..
...~/§§¤@# . . to get at the throat. . #@¤§§/~...
....~/§§¤@ @¤§§/~....
.....~/§§¤ to be falling into the water, the ¤§§/~.....
......~/§§ ocean, the void, but it must be done in §§/~......
.....~/§§¤ the right way - in a very specific way. ¤§§/~.....
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....~/§§¤@ ..../.~~.//.////////// @¤§§/~....
.....~/§§¤ ///////////////////// ///////////// ¤§§/~.....
......~/§§ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's §§/~......
.....~/§§¤ slow... graceful... but then it gets ¤§§/~.....
....~/§§¤@ too much and you faint. @¤§§/~....
...~/§§¤@# /#../~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/////// #@¤§§/~...
..~/§§¤@## ///////////// (you will feel very close ##@¤§§/~..
...~/§§¤@# to nature) #@¤§§/~...
....~/§§¤@ /#../~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/////// @¤§§/~....
.....~/§§¤ ///////////// (you will feel very close ¤§§/~.....
......~/§§ to the beast that is everything) §§/~......
.....~/§§¤ /#../~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/////// ¤§§/~.....
....~/§§¤@ ///////////// (only through its help) @¤§§/~....
...~/§§¤@# /#../~....~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~// (very #@¤§§/~...
..~/§§¤@## hard to get here without the aid of the ##@¤§§/~..
...~/§§¤@# beast) /// (state where the human is #@¤§§/~...
....~/§§¤@ submerged in the animal) /// // @¤§§/~....
.....~/§§¤ (becoming the animal) /// (forget ¤§§/~.....
......~/§§ everything else) /// // (my soul is the §§/~......
.....~/§§¤ beast's soul) /// (a sludgy sense of ¤§§/~.....
....~/§§¤@ satisfaction. it's good) /// (it's @¤§§/~....
...~/§§¤@# good) /// // (breathing heavily) /// #@¤§§/~...
..~/§§¤@## /// // (the two souls will move ##@¤§§/~..
...~/§§¤@# together) /// (merge and dissolve) /// #@¤§§/~...
....~/§§¤@ (collective body) /// (rearranged and @¤§§/~....
.....~/§§¤ reordered) /// (the individual is not ¤§§/~.....
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