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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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