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&&%%=¨¨¨¨¨ OK THIS IS  SO WEIRD  FOR  ME,  HOLD  ON ¨¨¨¨¨=%%&&
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@@#&@%*=-¨ I'M  IN A FUNNEL, I'M IN  ONE  OF  THOSE ¨-=*%@&#@@
&@*=¨¨¨¨¨¨     SPEED METER THINGS, I'M ZOOMING      ¨¨¨¨¨¨=*@&
#@#&@%*=-¨      THROUGH, NEVER REACHING THE END     ¨-=*%@&#@#
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&@*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND NOW  THE WIND  IS  CONSCIOUSNESS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨-*@&
@&%%=-¨¨¨¨ THE FUNNEL IS  MY BODY - WHEN I'M INSIDE ¨¨¨¨-=%%&@
&&@**-¨¨¨¨ I FAIL  TO  SEE  THAT I'M  ALL THE  SAME ¨¨¨¨-**@&&
&&@@*=--¨¨          THING, WE'RE THE SAME           ¨¨--=*@@&&
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&&&&@%*=-¨ ONE  WINTER  DAY  I  THINK  YEAR  TWENTY ¨-=*%@&&&&
##@#@%*=-¨ ELEVEN OR  MAYBE EARLIER,  POSSIBLY MUCH ¨-=*%@#@##
#@#&@%*=-¨ EARLIER,  I WALKED OUT ALONE ON THE LAKE ¨-=*%@&#@#
&%***-¨¨¨¨ FOLLOWING   A   FOX    TRAIL,   A   THIN ¨¨¨¨-***%&
#@#&@%*=-¨ SNOW-COVERED  ICE,  A  STUPID GIRL,  AND ¨-=*%@&#@#
&@*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE FOX WRAPS HIS TAIL  AROUND  ME, IT'S ¨¨¨¨¨¨-*@&
#@#&@%*=-¨ IMPOSSIBLY LARGE, AND  I'M  BURROWED, IT ¨-=*%@&#@#
#&&@%=¨¨¨¨       FEELS NICE, AND THAT'S THAT        ¨¨¨¨=%@&&#
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