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.......... #                                      # ..........
.......... # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # ..........
.......... # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # ..........
.......... # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # ..........
.......... #                                      # ..........
.......... # I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN # ..........
.......... # GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A    # ..........
.........~ £ SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO  £ ~.........
........~- £ A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR £ -~........
.......~-= £ SOMESUCH THING.                      £ =-~.......
......~-=† £                                      £ †=-~......
.....~-=†$ # BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE    # $†=-~.....
....~-=†$# # FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE   # #$†=-~....
...~-=†$#£ # THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL  # £#$†=-~...
..~-=†$#£# # FLOORS BELOW GROUND.                 # #£#$†=-~..
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..~-=†$#£# $ AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, $ #£#$†=-~..
...~-=†$#£ $ WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS,  $ £#$†=-~...
....~-=†$# $ MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES,    † #$†=-~....
.....~-=†$ $ CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR   † $†=-~.....
......~-=† † POWER PLANTS...                      = †=-~......
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........~- . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I ~ -~........
.........~   GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID       ~ ~.........
..........   BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE           ..........
..........   STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS.        . ..........
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..........   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        ..........
..........   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    ..........
.......... . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    ..........
..........   AROUND WATER.                          ..........
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........~-   I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR     . -~........
.......~-=   MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS   =-~.......
......~-=†   FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE...       †=-~......
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....~-=†$#   ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,,    OWO   #$†=-~....
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