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déjà vécu (“already lived through”)
déjà vécu“Yes, I know you! You know me, too!”
—Bernann McKinney, owner of cloned pit bull “Booger”
upon seeing the five puppies cloned from his cells, 8-5-08
“Panta rhei, oudenmenei” (“Everything flows, nothing stands still”)
“Panta rhei, oudenmenei”—Heraclitus (c. 540-480 B.C.)
Turning over onto his left side, so that he could nudge the back of his newly Emerge-ated partner with his bare abdomen, Duncan/Badru Tearlach whispered into Annemie/Rabiah Egidius’ freshly pierced ear, “Let’s go down to Deck Six, see how they’re growing…. I need to see how Duncan/Anum’s doing.” Without moving, or acknowledging his persistent body-slams against her buttocks, Annemie/Rabiah thought, You said exactly the same thing when you were still ’woomed on Deck Six…
