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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                  ###§**~:..
...:~**§##                (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.        ##§**~:...
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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 ###§**~:..
.:~**§####     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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