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$§:~^¨¨¨¨¨ INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE ¨¨¨¨¨^~:§$
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§$§:~^¨¨¨¨ EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY CALM AND DEAD ¨¨¨¨^~:§$§
$§:~^¨¨¨¨¨ SILENT. IT'S DARK, AND WARM, AND I ¨¨¨¨¨^~:§$
§:~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##§$§:~^¨¨ ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, ¨¨^~:§$§##
#§$§:~^¨¨¨ THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND ¨¨¨^~:§$§#
§$§:~^¨¨¨¨ GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND. IT'S LIKE ¨¨¨¨^~:§$§
$§:~^¨¨¨¨¨ LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I CAN'T HIDE FROM, ¨¨¨¨¨^~:§$
§:~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#§$§:~^¨¨¨ MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S ¨¨¨^~:§$§#
§$§:~^¨¨¨¨ ALMOST MOCKING. ¨¨¨¨^~:§$§
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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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$§:~^¨¨¨¨¨ THIS CAN HAPPEN IF YOU WANDER TOO FAR, ¨¨¨¨¨^~:§$
§$§:~^¨¨¨¨ I GUESS? I SHOULDN'T BE SO RECKLESS ¨¨¨¨^~:§$§
#§$§:~^¨¨¨ WHEN DREAMING? ¨¨¨^~:§$§#
##§$§:~^¨¨ I IMAGINE A PRICK ON THE NOSE, THAT'S ¨¨^~:§$§##
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##§$§:~^¨¨ WHO COMES TO CLOSE TO YOUR SANDWICH... ¨¨^~:§$§##
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