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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 ¨¨:-===†
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&&&&†==-:¨ 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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