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,:~†$$#@##             ,:†$@######@$†:,             ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#         ,,,::~$# DREAMS #$~::,,,         #@#$$†~:,,
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,,:~†$$#@#                 ,,$@$,,                  #@#$$†~:,,
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,,:~†$$#@#                   ,:,                    #@#$$†~:,,
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,,:~†$$#@#         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##                                          ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            #@#$$†~:,,
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,,:~†$$#@#             ,:†$@######@$†:,             #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##                    ,~,                   ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#                                          #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##                  A COST                  ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#                (ANECDOTE)                #@#$$†~:,,
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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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,:~†$$#@##                    ,,                    ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#                                          #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## THERE  ARE CIRCLES AND CROSSES INSCRIBED ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# ALL OVER  MY VISION, PRESSING IN,  BEING #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL  THEM SQUIRM, ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#     THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND    #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND.  IT'S LIKE ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# LANGUAGE,  SENTENCES  I CAN'T HIDE FROM, #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN MY  MIND,  AND ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#           DOING DAMAGE THERE.            #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##                                          ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# THEN I REALIZE  I  CAN'T  HEAR  ANYTHING #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##     BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE      ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## RAPID  MELODY, ALMOST  CAUSTIC  IN  IT'S ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#         PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY.        #@#$$†~:,,
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,,:~†$$#@#                    ::                    #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##                                          ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# MY SURROUNDINGS  ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##              ALMOST MOCKING.             ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#                                          #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY TO ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON THE  FLOOR SEARCHING #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## RELIEF, SUCH IS MY NATURE.  TURNING  THE ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#     LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING    #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# DOES  NOTING...  BUT TIME  DOES  - AFTER #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# DOUBTING ANYTHING  OF THIS  HAPPENED  IN #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##             THE FIRST PLACE.             ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#                                          #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@## MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE  THOUGH, SCARED. ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@# I    DON'T    KNOW    WHAT    TO   MAKE. #@#$$†~:,,
,:~†$$#@##                                          ##@#$$†~:,
,,:~†$$#@#              BUT I'M TIRED.              #@#$$†~:,,
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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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