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....~«/$%#         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         #%$/«~....
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..~«/$%#¶@            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            @¶#%$/«~..
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......~«/$                (ANECDOTE)                $/«~......
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.......... I  WAKE  SUDDENLY,  AND   FOR  A  SECOND ..........
.........~ EVERYTHING  IS COMPLETELY CALM  AND DEAD ~.........
........~« SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I «~........
.......~«/ SLOWLY   START  TO  PIECE   TOGETHER  MY /«~.......
......~«/$        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        $/«~......
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....~«/$%# 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    $/«~......
.......~«/ GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY  MIND. IT'S LIKE /«~.......
........~« LANGUAGE,  SENTENCES I CAN'T  HIDE FROM, «~........
.........~ FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN MY  MIND,  AND ~.........
..........           DOING DAMAGE THERE.            ..........
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........~« THEN  I REALIZE  I CAN'T  HEAR  ANYTHING «~........
.......~«/     BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE      /«~.......
......~«/$    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    $/«~......
.....~«/$% RAPID  MELODY,  ALMOST  CAUSTIC IN  IT'S %$/«~.....
....~«/$%#        PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY.         #%$/«~....
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..~«/$%#¶@ MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM.  IT'S @¶#%$/«~..
...~«/$%#¶             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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