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..........         ...,,~@@ DREAMS @@~,,...         ..........
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....,~/%@£         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         £@%/~,....
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..,~/%@£@#            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            #@£@%/~,..
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.....,~/%@                  A COST                  @%/~,.....
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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.              @£@%/~,...
..,~/%@£@#                                          #@£@%/~,..
.,~/%@£@## 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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