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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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