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*^=,...... # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # ......,=^*
@*^=,..... # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE # .....,=^*@
§@*^=,.... # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # ....,=^*@§
¶§@*^=,... # # ...,=^*@§¶
#¶§@*^=,.. # I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN # ..,=^*@§¶#
##¶§@*^=,. # GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A # .,=^*@§¶##
#¶§@*^=,.. ¶ SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO ¶ ..,=^*@§¶#
¶§@*^=,... ¶ A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR ¶ ...,=^*@§¶
§@*^=,.... ¶ SOMESUCH THING. ¶ ....,=^*@§
@*^=,..... ¶ ¶ .....,=^*@
*^=,...... § BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE § ......,=^*
^=,....... § FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE § .......,=^
=,........ § THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL § ........,=
,......... § FLOORS BELOW GROUND. § .........,
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.......... @ AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, @ ..........
.......... @ WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS, @ ..........
,......... @ MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES, * .........,
=,........ @ CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR * ........,=
^=,....... * POWER PLANTS... ^ .......,=^
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@*^=,..... . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I , .....,=^*@
§@*^=,.... GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID , ....,=^*@§
¶§@*^=,... BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE ...,=^*@§¶
#¶§@*^=,.. STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS. . ..,=^*@§¶#
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#¶§@*^=,.. A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS ..,=^*@§¶#
¶§@*^=,... WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR ...,=^*@§¶
§@*^=,.... . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE ....,=^*@§
@*^=,..... AROUND WATER. .....,=^*@
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^=,....... I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR . .......,=^
=,........ MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS ........,=
,......... FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE... .........,
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.......... ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,, OWO ..........
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