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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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