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#@&†/~:¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ ¨ the dream ¨ ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ of being swallowed ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ by the beast. ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ #&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨& ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ # inside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ ¨ an animal ¨ as if ¨ to be safe ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
##@&†/~:¨¨ ¨¨:~/†&@##
###@&†/~:¨ ¨¨######¨¨¨###¨¨¨###¨ ¨:~/†&@###
##@&†/~:¨¨ ~:¨#### ~:¨###~:¨ ####~¨ ¨¨:~/†&@##
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ ~:¨#### ~:¨###~:¨ ####~¨ ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ the dream of resting inside another ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ animal. thats how it starts, ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~:¨ with the dream, ¨:~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ but this time i was curious of where it ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ was going, ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ #// ~~~~~~~~~~ //# ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ // ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ // ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
##@&†/~:¨¨ ¨¨:~/†&@##
###@&†/~:¨ the first gate is the lips ¨:~/†&@###
##@&†/~:¨¨ ¨¨:~/†&@##
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ to get at the throat. ¨ ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ to be falling into the water, the ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ocean, the void, but it must be done in ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ /:::~~~~~~~~~~~////:::::::/:~~~~:::::/: ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ :::///////::::/~: ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ :::///~~~:/~///~:::/~~~~///////: ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
##@&†/~:¨¨ ::::/:~~://:////////// ¨¨:~/†&@##
###@&†/~:¨ ///////////////////// ///////////// ¨:~/†&@###
##@&†/~:¨¨ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's ¨¨:~/†&@##
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ slow... graceful... but then it gets ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ too much and you faint. ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ /#::/~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/////// ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ///////////// (you will feel very close ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
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†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ /#::/~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/////// ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ ///////////// (you will feel very close ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ to the beast that is everything) ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ /#::/~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/////// ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
##@&†/~:¨¨ ///////////// (only through its help) ¨¨:~/†&@##
###@&†/~:¨ /#::/~::::~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~// (very ¨:~/†&@###
##@&†/~:¨¨ hard to get here without the aid of the ¨¨:~/†&@##
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ beast) /// (state where the human is ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ submerged in the animal) /// // ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ (becoming the animal) /// (forget ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ everything else) /// // (my soul is the ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ beast's soul) /// (a sludgy sense of ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/
†/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ satisfaction. it's good) /// (it's ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/†
&†/~:¨¨¨¨¨ good) /// // (breathing heavily) /// ¨¨¨¨¨:~/†&
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ /// // (the two souls will move ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ together) /// (merge and dissolve) /// ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
##@&†/~:¨¨ (collective body) /// (rearranged and ¨¨:~/†&@##
###@&†/~:¨ reordered) /// (the individual is not ¨:~/†&@###
##@&†/~:¨¨ so important) ¨¨:~/†&@##
#@&†/~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~/†&@#
@&†/~:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:~/†&@
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