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##&%§=-^¨¨         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ¨¨^-=§%&##
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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.        ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS  ME  AND   I  FEEL ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS -WRONG-.    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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#&%§=-^¨¨¨ ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM  SQUIRM, ¨¨¨^-=§%&#
##&%§=-^¨¨     THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND    ¨¨^-=§%&##
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##&%§=-^¨¨ LANGUAGE,  SENTENCES I CAN'T  HIDE FROM, ¨¨^-=§%&##
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-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨        PARTICULAR MICROTONALITY.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MY SURROUNDINGS ARE  ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             ALMOST MOCKING.              ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY  TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON  THE FLOOR SEARCHING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ RELIEF,  SUCH IS  MY NATURE. TURNING THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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§=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ DOES NOTING...  BUT  TIME DOES  -  AFTER ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=§
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##&%§=-^¨¨ I    DON'T    KNOW    WHAT   TO    MAKE. ¨¨^-=§%&##
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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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