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,&,&,,&,&,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         &&&,,,,&,&
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,,,&&,,,&&            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,&&,,&,,,,
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&,&&&&,&,&                  A COST                  ,&&,&&,,&,
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&&,&&,,,&&                    ^^                    ,&&,,,&,,,
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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.        ,&,,,&,,,,
,,,,&&&,&,                                          &&,,&&,,,,
,,,&,,&&&, 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.            ,&,&&&&,&&
&&&,&&,,,&                                          &&&,,,&&,,
,,&&,&,,&, 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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&,,,&&,&,,                    ^^                    &,&&,&&&&&
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&,&&&,,&&, 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.             ,,&,,,&,,&
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,,&,&&&&,, MY EYES  ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. &,&,&,&&,,
,&&&,,,&,, I    DON'T    KNOW    WHAT   TO    MAKE. &&&&&&,&,,
&,,&,,&&,&                                          ,,,,,&&&,,
&,&&,&,&&,              BUT I'M TIRED.              ,,,,&,,&,&
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&,&,,&,&,,                  ^^~/~^^                 ,&&&,&,&,&
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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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