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~:........              .             .             ........:~
/~:.......              . the dream  .              .......:~/
^/~:......          . of being swallowed .          ......:~/^
%^/~:.....            . by the beast. .             .....:~/^%
@%^/~:....                  .   .                   ....:~/^%@
#@%^/~:... #@.....................................@ ...:~/^%@#
##@%^/~:..                                          ..:~/^%@##
###@%^/~:. #     inside      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     # .:~/^%@###
##@%^/~:.. .  an  animal  .  as if  .  to  be  safe ..:~/^%@##
#@%^/~:...                                          ...:~/^%@#
@%^/~:....          ..######...###...###.           ....:~/^%@
%^/~:..... ~:.####         ~:.###~:.         ####~. .....:~/^%
^/~:...... ~:.####         ~:.###~:.         ####~. ......:~/^
/~:....... 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, ..........
.......... #//            ~~~~~~~~~~            //# ..........
.......... //  ~~  ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~  ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~  ~~  // ..........
:.........                                          .........:
~:........ 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. ..:~/^%@##
###@%^/~:.                                          .:~/^%@###
##@%^/~:..  /:::~~~~~~~~~~~////:::::::/:~~~~:::::/: ..:~/^%@##
#@%^/~:...             :::///////::::/~:            ...:~/^%@#
@%^/~:....     :::///~~~:/~///~:::/~~~~///////:     ....:~/^%@
%^/~:.....          ::::/:~~://://////////          .....:~/^%
^/~:...... /////////////////////      ///////////// ......:~/^
/~:.......  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   ........:~
:.........              so important)               .........:
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