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,,,.~*%##@             ,.*$#@####@#$*.,             @##%*~.,,,
,,.~*%##@#         ,,,..~$@ DREAMS @$~..,,,         #@##%*~.,,
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,,,,,,,,.~         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ~.,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,.~*%            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~.   @##%*~.,,,
,,.~*%##@#                                          #@##%*~.,,
,.~*%##@##                    ,,                    ##@##%*~.,
,,.~*%##@#                                          #@##%*~.,,
,,,.~*%##@ 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. %*~.,,,,,,
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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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