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###&@*\~:¨ ¨:~\*@&###
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###&@*\~:¨ ¨:~\*@&###
###&@*\~:¨ #&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨& ¨:~\*@&###
#&&&@*\~:¨ ¨ ¨ ¨:~\*@&&&#
###&@*\~:¨ ¨ the dream ¨ ¨:~\*@&###
###&@*\~:¨ ¨ of being swallowed ¨ ¨:~\*@&###
####&*\~:¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨:~\*&####
&****~~¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨~~****&
###&@*\~:¨ #&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨& ¨:~\*@&###
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#&&&@*\~:¨ # 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. ¨:~\*@&###
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###&@*\~:¨ \:::~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\:::::::\:~~~~:::::\: ¨:~\*@&###
###&@*\~:¨ :::\\\\\\\::::\~: ¨:~\*@&###
&@@***\~:¨ :::\\\~~~:\~\\\~:::\~~~~\\\\\\\: ¨:~\***@@&
###&@*\~:¨ ::::\:~~:\\:\\\\\\\\\\ ¨:~\*@&###
###&@*\~:¨ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ ¨:~\*@&###
#@*\\:¨¨¨¨ 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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