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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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