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@%*:=~.... ...~~=%# dreams #%=~~... ....~=:*%@
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@%*:=~.... .~. ....~=:*%@
%*:=~..... .....~=:*%
*:=~...... internal visionary state ......~=:*
%*:=~..... .....~=:*%
@%*:=~.... the spirit travels ....~=:*%@
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#@@%*:=~.. .~:%@######@%:~. ..~=:*%@@#
##@@%*:=~. .=. .~=:*%@@##
#@@%*:=~.. ..~=:*%@@#
@@%*:=~... a cost ...~=:*%@@
@%*:=~.... (anecdote) ....~=:*%@
%*:=~..... .....~=:*%
*:=~...... ~~ ......~=:*
%*:=~..... .....~=:*%
@%*:=~.... 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. .....~=:*%
@%*:=~.... ....~=:*%@
@@%*:=~... 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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