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¨.«:†%¤#@#             ¨.:%#@####@#%:.¨             #@#¤%†:«.¨
¨.«:†%¤#@#         ¨¨¨..«%@ dreams @%«..¨¨¨         #@#¤%†:«.¨
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¨.«:†%¤#@#                   ¨.¨                    #@#¤%†:«.¨
¨.«:†%¤#@#                 ¨†¤@#@¤†¨                #@#¤%†:«.¨
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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. ¤¤††::.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.:††¤@                                          @¤††:.¨¨¨¨
¨.«:†%¤¤¤@              but i'm tired.              @¤¤¤%†:«.¨
¨.«:†%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%†:«.¨
¨¨¨¨««†%¤@                    ¨                     @¤%†««¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«†¤                  ..«:«..                 ¤†«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨.«::%%#@                     ¨                    @#%%::«.¨¨
¨.«:†%¤#@#                                          #@#¤%†:«.¨
¨¨¨¨««†¤¤@ 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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¨¨¨¨¨..:†¤                                          ¤†:..¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨«††††¤                                          ¤††††«¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.«†¤¤                                          ¤¤†«.¨¨¨¨¨