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£@§†/-^¨¨¨        consciousness and my body.        ¨¨¨^-/†§@£
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†/-^¨¨¨¨¨¨    acutely sick. something is -wrong-.   ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-/†
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#@£@§†/-^¨ 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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@§†/-^¨¨¨¨             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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