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,&&&,,,,,&         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         &,,&&&,&,&
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,,&,&&,,,&            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,,&&&,&,,,
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&&&&&,,&&&                  A COST                  &&,&,&,&,&
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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«.    &&,&&,,,,,
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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.             &&&&&,&,&,
&&&,,&&,&,                                          ,,,,,&&&&&
,,,&,&,&&& 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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