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.....,~:=%               HOUSE DREAM                %=:~,.....
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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...                      : =:~,......
.....,~:=% ~                                      , %=:~,.....
....,~:=%@ . 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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