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,,,,,~\%@# ,,,~~=%# DREAMS #%=~~,,, #@%\~,,,,,
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,~=\=%@### ###@%=\=~,
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,~=\=%#@## ,=#####=, ##@#%=\=~,
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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. ##%\==,,,,
,~=\=%#@## ##@#%=\=~,
,~=\=%#@## THEN THE FEAR HITS ME AND I FEEL ##@#%=\=~,
,~=\=%#@## ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS =WRONG=. ##@#%=\=~,
,,,,~~~\%# #%\~~~,,,,
,~=\=%#@## ,, ##@#%=\=~,
,,,,,=\\%@ @%\\=,,,,,
,,,,~\\%@@ 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. #=\\\\~,,,
,~=\=%#@@# #@@#%=\=~,
,~=\=%#@## 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. ##@#%=\=~,
,,,,,,==%@ @%==,,,,,,
,~=\=%#@## 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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