###§$*:~,¨                                          ¨,~:*$§###
##§$*:~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~:*$§##
#§$*:~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~:*$§#
§$*:~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~:*$§
$*:~,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,~:*$
*:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ OK THIS IS  SO WEIRD  FOR  ME,  HOLD  ON ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:*
:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:
~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I'M IN A  FUNNEL,  I'M IN  ONE OF  THOSE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     SPEED METER THINGS, I'M ZOOMING      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     THROUGH, NEVER REACHING THE END      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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           ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:*
$*:~,¨¨¨¨¨ IMPOSSIBLY LARGE,  AND  I'M BURROWED, IT ¨¨¨¨¨,~:*$
§$*:~,¨¨¨¨        FEELS NICE, AND THAT'S THAT       ¨¨¨¨,~:*$§
#§$*:~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~:*$§#
##§$*:~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~:*$§##
###§$*:~,¨                                          ¨,~:*$§###
##§$*:~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~:*$§##
#§$*:~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~:*$§#
§$*:~,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,~:*$§