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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ THE FERAL DREAM          ~~~~# ~~~~# ~~# §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ † EVENT: INGESTION OF THREE HUNDRED    † §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ † AND SIXTY MICROGRAMS OF SELATENINE   † §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§      A GENTLE TRANSFORMATION OCCURS.     §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§   FIRST, JUST AN ISOLATED PRICK IN THE   §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ FINGERS, WHICH COULD BE NOTHING. EXCEPT  §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§   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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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§     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.                §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§  ESCAPING THROUGH THE GLASSLESS WINDOW.  §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§      OUTSIDE, THE WORLD IS WAITING.      §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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