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.....:~^%¤ . . ¤%^~:.....
......:~^% . the dream . %^~:......
.......:~^ . of being swallowed . ^~:.......
........:~ . by the beast. . ~:........
.......:~^ . . ^~:.......
......:~^% ##.....................................# %^~:......
.....:~^%¤ ¤%^~:.....
....:~^%¤# # 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, ^~:.......
......:~^% #^^ ~~~~~~~~~~ ^^# %^~:......
.....:~^%¤ ^^ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ^^ ¤%^~:.....
....:~^%¤# #¤%^~:....
...:~^%¤## 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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