¨§§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨§§§¨¨¨
§¨§§§¨§¨§¨                                          §§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨§¨
§§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨¨§§§§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§ 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.      §¨¨¨§§§§§¨
¨§§§¨§¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§¨¨§§§¨§§§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§¨§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§§¨
§§§¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨§¨¨§§
¨¨§§§§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§¨§¨¨