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/~........               HOUSE DREAM                ........~/
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.......... #                                      # ..........
.......... # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # ..........
~......... # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # .........~
/~........ @ CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. @ ........~/
%/~....... @                                      @ .......~/%
%%/~...... @ I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN @ ......~/%%
#%%/~..... @ GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A    @ .....~/%%#
@#%%/~.... @ SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO  @ ....~/%%#@
@@#%%/~... @ A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR @ ...~/%%#@@
#@@#%%/~.. @ SOMESUCH THING.                      @ ..~/%%#@@#
@@#%%/~... @                                      @ ...~/%%#@@
@#%%/~.... # BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE    # ....~/%%#@
#%%/~..... # FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE   # .....~/%%#
%%/~...... # THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL  # ......~/%%
%/~....... # FLOORS BELOW GROUND.                 # .......~/%
/~........ %                                      % ........~/
~......... % AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, % .........~
.......... % WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS,  % ..........
.......... % MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES,    % ..........
.......... % CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR   % ..........
~......... % POWER PLANTS...                      / .........~
/~........ ~                                      . ........~/
%/~....... . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I . .......~/%
%%/~......   GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID       . ......~/%%
#%%/~.....   BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE           .....~/%%#
@#%%/~....   STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS.        . ....~/%%#@
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#@@#%%/~..   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        ..~/%%#@@#
@@#%%/~...   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    ...~/%%#@@
@#%%/~.... . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    ....~/%%#@
#%%/~.....   AROUND WATER.                          .....~/%%#
%%/~......                                        . ......~/%%
%/~.......   I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR     . .......~/%
/~........   MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS   ........~/
~.........   FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE...       .........~
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..........   ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,,    OWO   ..........
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