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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 ,,,,,,,~^*
$*^~,,,,,, ALL  OVER MY VISION,  PRESSING IN, BEING ,,,,,,~^*$
#$*^~,,,,, ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM  SQUIRM, ,,,,,~^*$#
##$*^~,,,,    THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND     ,,,,~^*$##
###$*^~,,, GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND. IT'S  LIKE ,,,~^*$###
####$*^~,, LANGUAGE,  SENTENCES  I CAN'T HIDE FROM, ,,~^*$####
###$*^~,,, FORCEFULLY  TRANSCRIBED IN MY MIND,  AND ,,,~^*$###
##$*^~,,,,            DOING DAMAGE THERE.           ,,,,~^*$##
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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.             ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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