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......:~:§        consciousness and my body.        §:~:......
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..:~:§%£¶#     their internal logic changing and    #¶£%§:~:..
...:~:§%£¶ grinding  trenches in my mind. it's like ¶£%§:~:...
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.....:~:§% forcefully transcribed in my  mind,  and %§:~:.....
......:~:§           doing damage there.            §:~:......
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.......:~:      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 £%§:~:....
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..:~:§%£¶# 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 %§:~:.....
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...:~:§%£¶ 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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