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,,,.~/$*¤¶         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ¶¤*$/~.,,,
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,,,,,.~/$*            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            *$/~.,,,,,
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,,.~/$*¤¶#                  A COST                  #¶¤*$/~.,,
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,,,.~/$*¤¶ I  WAKE   SUDDENLY,  AND  FOR  A  SECOND ¶¤*$/~.,,,
,,.~/$*¤¶# EVERYTHING IS  COMPLETELY CALM AND  DEAD #¶¤*$/~.,,
,.~/$*¤¶## SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ##¶¤*$/~.,
,,.~/$*¤¶# SLOWLY  START  TO   PIECE  TOGETHER   MY #¶¤*$/~.,,
,,,.~/$*¤¶        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ¶¤*$/~.,,,
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,,,,,.~/$* THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS   ME  AND  I  FEEL *$/~.,,,,,
,,,,.~/$*¤   ACUTELY SICK. SOMETHING IS ~WRONG~.    ¤*$/~.,,,,
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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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,,,.~/$*¤¶ MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM.  IT'S ¶¤*$/~.,,,
,,,,.~/$*¤              ALMOST MOCKING.             ¤*$/~.,,,,
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,,,,.~/$*¤ I  FEEL  HELPLESS, BUT  I  MUST  TRY  TO ¤*$/~.,,,,
,,,.~/$*¤¶ ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON  THE FLOOR SEARCHING ¶¤*$/~.,,,
,,.~/$*¤¶# RELIEF, SUCH  IS  MY NATURE. TURNING THE #¶¤*$/~.,,
,.~/$*¤¶##    LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING     ##¶¤*$/~.,
,,.~/$*¤¶#  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  #¶¤*$/~.,,
,,,.~/$*¤¶ DOES  NOTING...  BUT  TIME  DOES - AFTER ¶¤*$/~.,,,
,,,,.~/$*¤     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ¤*$/~.,,,,
,,,,,.~/$* DOUBTING  ANYTHING OF  THIS  HAPPENED IN *$/~.,,,,,
,,,,.~/$*¤             THE FIRST PLACE.             ¤*$/~.,,,,
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,,.~/$*¤¶# MY EYES ARE STILL  TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. #¶¤*$/~.,,
,.~/$*¤¶## I    DON'T    KNOW   WHAT    TO    MAKE. ##¶¤*$/~.,
,,.~/$*¤¶#                                          #¶¤*$/~.,,
,,,.~/$*¤¶              BUT I'M TIRED.              ¶¤*$/~.,,,
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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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