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,,,«†§*&@#                                          #@&*§†«,,,
,,,,«†§*&@                                          @&*§†«,,,,
,,,,,«†§*&                                          &*§†«,,,,,
,,,,,,«†§*                                          *§†«,,,,,,
,,,,,«†§*& 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.      &*§†«,,,,,
,,,,,,«†§*                                          *§†«,,,,,,
,,,,,«†§*&                                          &*§†«,,,,,
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,,,«†§*&@#                                          #@&*§†«,,,
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