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