¨¨§¨§§¨§§§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§¨ the feral dream          »»»»£ »»»»£ »»£ ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨ : event: ingestion of three hundred    : §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ : and sixty micrograms of selatenine   : ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨     a gentle transformation occurs.      ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§   first, just an isolated prick in the   §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ fingers, which could be nothing. except  ¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§   there is a tension that wasn't there   ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                  before.                 ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§    joy as a television static spreads    ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§  slowly up the arms. (old limbs falling  ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨        asleep for the last time.)        ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨  next is a private moment, and we must   §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨   look away for a bit. but whatever's    §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨    happening doesn't sound unpleasant.   §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨   short breath, moans, bones breaking,   ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§  maybe; but these are raptorous things,  ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨           they are exultations.          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨  for a split second, the room is devoid  ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨    of life. but then, the evening sun    ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§  finds something new on the floor. in a  ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§  pool of primordial water, a shivering   §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§       fourlegger opens their eyes.       ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨    there is a second blooming, and a     §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨    third, and a fourth. struggling to    §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨  rise, finding the unexpected strength   ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨  of the new body, falling headfirst into ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨                new urges.                ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§  escaping through the glassless window.  ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨      outside, the world is waiting.      §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§