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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 .-~\$¤@@##
@¤¤¤$$\~-. ocean, the void, but it must be done in .-~\$$¤¤¤@
#@¤\--.... the right way - in a very specific way. ....--\¤@#
@$~--..... .....--~$@
#@¤¤¤$\~-. \---~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\-------\-~~~~-----\- .-~\$¤¤¤@#
###@@¤$\-. ---\\\\\\\----\~- .-\$¤@@###
##@@¤$\~-. ---\\\~~~-\~\\\~---\~~~~\\\\\\\- .-~\$¤@@##
@$$\~~.... ----\-~~-\\-\\\\\\\\\\ ....~~\$$@
@¤¤¤\~-... \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ ...-~\¤¤¤@
#@@$\--... it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ...--\$@@#
##@@¤$\~-. 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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