¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»»»»»†*@ @*†»»»»»^¨ ¨¨¨»††***@ @***††»¨¨¨ ¨^»»††%@## ##@%††»»^¨ ¨^»†%%%%*# #*%%%%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ¨¨%#%¨¨ ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»»†††**# ¨^†*########*†^¨ #**†††»»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ¨¨¨^^»*# DREAMS #*»^^¨¨¨ ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*#### ¨^†*########*†^¨ ####*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»»%@ ¨¨%#%¨¨ @%»»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^†%@@# #@@%†^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»%%@ ¨^¨ @%%»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨^^†††*## ¨%@###@%¨ ##*†††^^¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### ¨^¨ ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^»†*@ @*†»^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@@## THE SPIRIT TRAVELS ##@@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^†**@ @**†^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### ¨^†*########*†^¨ ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^†*@ ¨»¨ @*†^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*#### A COST ####*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨»»%%*@# (ANECDOTE) #@*%%»»¨¨¨ ¨¨^^^^»%@# #@%»^^^^¨¨ ¨^»†%@#### ^^ ####@%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨»††*@# #@*††»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»†%*@@ 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. ####@*%»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%**@@# THEN THE FEAR HITS ME AND I FEEL #@@**%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS »WRONG». ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ¨¨ ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨»»†*@ @*†»»¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨^»††††%@ 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. ####@%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### 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. @**%%††»^¨ ¨¨¨¨»†**## ##**†»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨»»%%@@@ ^^ @@@%%»»¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%**@@# ALMOST MOCKING. #@@**%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^†%*@#### 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. ####@%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE. ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨»†*## ##*†»¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### BUT I'M TIRED. ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨^^†*@@ @@*†^^¨¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### ¨ ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨^»††††*@ ^^»†»^^ @*††††»^¨¨ ¨^»†%%%%@# ¨ #@%%%%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»†%@ 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... ###@*%†»^¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»%@# #@%»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@### ###@*%†»^¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨»%@ @%»¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨»%@# #@%»¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨^»†%*@@@# #@@@*%†»^¨