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~,,,,,,,,,         ,,,,,~§# DREAMS #§~,,,,,         ,,,,,,,,,~
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##¶§§/~,,,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ,,,~/§§¶##
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¶§§/~,,,,,            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,,,,,~/§§¶
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,,,,,,,,,,                  A COST                  ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                (ANECDOTE)                ,,,,,,,,,,
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~,,,,,,,,, I  WAKE  SUDDENLY,  AND  FOR  A   SECOND ,,,,,,,,,~
/~,,,,,,,, EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY  CALM AND  DEAD ,,,,,,,,~/
§/~,,,,,,, SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ,,,,,,,~/§
§§/~,,,,,, SLOWLY   START  TO  PIECE  TOGETHER   MY ,,,,,,~/§§
¶§§/~,,,,,        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ,,,,,~/§§¶
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##¶§§/~,,, THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS  ME  AND  I   FEEL ,,,~/§§¶##
###¶§§/~,,   ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS ~WRONG~.    ,,~/§§¶###
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§§/~,,,,,, THERE ARE CIRCLES AND CROSSES  INSCRIBED ,,,,,,~/§§
§/~,,,,,,, ALL OVER MY VISION,  PRESSING  IN, BEING ,,,,,,,~/§
/~,,,,,,,, ALMOST HOSTILE. I  CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, ,,,,,,,,~/
~,,,,,,,,,     THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND    ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND. IT'S  LIKE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, LANGUAGE,  SENTENCES I CAN'T HIDE  FROM, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, FORCEFULLY  TRANSCRIBED IN  MY MIND, AND ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,           DOING DAMAGE THERE.            ,,,,,,,,,,
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~,,,,,,,,, THEN I REALIZE  I  CAN'T  HEAR  ANYTHING ,,,,,,,,,~
/~,,,,,,,,     BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE      ,,,,,,,,~/
§/~,,,,,,,    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ,,,,,,,~/§
§§/~,,,,,, RAPID  MELODY, ALMOST  CAUSTIC  IN  IT'S ,,,,,,~/§§
¶§§/~,,,,,         PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY.        ,,,,,~/§§¶
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##¶§§/~,,, MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM.  IT'S ,,,~/§§¶##
#¶§§/~,,,,              ALMOST MOCKING.             ,,,,~/§§¶#
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§§/~,,,,,, I  FEEL HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY  TO ,,,,,,~/§§
§/~,,,,,,, ESCAPE. TO  CRAWL ON THE FLOOR SEARCHING ,,,,,,,~/§
/~,,,,,,,, RELIEF, SUCH  IS  MY NATURE. TURNING THE ,,,,,,,,~/
~,,,,,,,,,     LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING    ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,,  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, DOES  NOTING...  BUT TIME  DOES -  AFTER ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, DOUBTING  ANYTHING  OF THIS  HAPPENED IN ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,             THE FIRST PLACE.             ,,,,,,,,,,
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/~,,,,,,,, MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE  THOUGH, SCARED. ,,,,,,,,~/
§/~,,,,,,, I    DON'T    KNOW    WHAT    TO   MAKE. ,,,,,,,~/§
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¶§§/~,,,,,              BUT I'M TIRED.              ,,,,,~/§§¶
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¶§§/~,,,,, THIS CAN HAPPEN IF YOU WANDER  TOO  FAR, ,,,,,~/§§¶
§§/~,,,,,, I  GUESS?  I SHOULDN'T  BE  SO  RECKLESS ,,,,,,~/§§
§/~,,,,,,,              WHEN DREAMING?              ,,,,,,,~/§
/~,,,,,,,, I IMAGINE  A  PRICK  ON THE NOSE, THAT'S ,,,,,,,,~/
~,,,,,,,,, WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE  YOU DO  WITH A CAT ,,,,,,,,,~
,,,,,,,,,, WHO COMES TO  CLOSE TO  YOUR SANDWICH... ,,,,,,,,,,
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