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.,~^§*#¶##         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ##¶#*§^~,.
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.....~^**¶            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ¶**^~.....
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.,~^§*#¶##                  A COST                  ##¶#*§^~,.
.,~^§*¶###                (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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