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§**:^.....         ...^^~*# DREAMS #*~^^...         .....^:**§
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###§*%:~^.         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         .^~:%*§###
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###§*%:~^.            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            .^~:%*§###
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###§*%:~^.             .^:*########*:^.             .^~:%*§###
#*:~~.....                   .~.                    .....~~:*#
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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.        .^~:%*§###
###§*%:~^.                                          .^~:%*§###
###§*%:~^. 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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##§§*%:~^.                    ^^                    .^~:%*§§##
§*:~......                                          ......~:*§
##§%~~^^.. 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. .^~:%*§###
#*::^.....                                          .....^::*#
###§*%:~^.              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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