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¨,~/%§§¶## / And Sixty Micrograms Of Selatenine   / ##¶§§%/~,¨
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¨¨,~~~/%%§   First, Just An Isolated Prick In The   §%%/~~~,¨¨
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¨,~/%§§¶¶¶   There Is A Tension That Wasn'T There   ¶¶¶§§%/~,¨
¨,~/%§§¶##                  Before.                 ##¶§§%/~,¨
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¨,~/%§§¶##    Joy As A Television Static Spreads    ##¶§§%/~,¨
¨,~/%§§§§§  Slowly Up The Arms. (Old Limbs Falling  §§§§§%/~,¨
¨¨,,,~~%§¶        Asleep For The Last Time.)        ¶§%~~,,,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,~/§¶¶   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.          ##¶§§%/~,¨
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¨,~/%§§¶##  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.       §§§%%%/~,¨
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¨,~/%%§§¶#    Third, And A Fourth. Struggling To    #¶§§%%/~,¨
¨,~/%§§¶##   Rise, Finding The Unexpected Strength  ##¶§§%/~,¨
¨¨¨,~~/%§¶  Of The New Body, Falling Headfirst Into ¶§%/~~,¨¨¨
¨,~/%§§¶##                New Urges.                ##¶§§%/~,¨
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¨,~/%§§¶##  Escaping Through The Glassless Window.  ##¶§§%/~,¨
¨,~/%§§§§§      Outside, The World Is Waiting.      §§§§§%/~,¨
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