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@$/~^¨¨¨¨¨         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ¨¨¨¨¨^~/$@
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$/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ EVERYTHING  IS COMPLETELY CALM  AND DEAD ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/$
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¶@$/~^¨¨¨¨ SLOWLY  START   TO  PIECE  TOGETHER   MY ¨¨¨¨^~/$@¶
@¶@$/~^¨¨¨        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ¨¨¨^~/$@¶@
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$/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ THERE ARE CIRCLES  AND CROSSES INSCRIBED ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/$
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~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ALMOST HOSTILE. I  CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
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$/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY MIND.  IT'S LIKE ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/$
@$/~^¨¨¨¨¨ LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I  CAN'T  HIDE FROM, ¨¨¨¨¨^~/$@
¶@$/~^¨¨¨¨ FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN  MY  MIND, AND ¨¨¨¨^~/$@¶
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@¶@$/~^¨¨¨    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ¨¨¨^~/$@¶@
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¶@$/~^¨¨¨¨ I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY TO ¨¨¨¨^~/$@¶
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#@¶@$/~^¨¨ RELIEF,  SUCH IS MY  NATURE. TURNING THE ¨¨^~/$@¶@#
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@¶@$/~^¨¨¨ DOES  NOTING...  BUT TIME DOES  -  AFTER ¨¨¨^~/$@¶@
¶@$/~^¨¨¨¨     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ¨¨¨¨^~/$@¶
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@¶@$/~^¨¨¨ THIS CAN  HAPPEN IF  YOU WANDER TOO FAR, ¨¨¨^~/$@¶@
¶@$/~^¨¨¨¨ I  GUESS?  I  SHOULDN'T BE  SO  RECKLESS ¨¨¨¨^~/$@¶
@$/~^¨¨¨¨¨              WHEN DREAMING?              ¨¨¨¨¨^~/$@
$/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ I  IMAGINE A PRICK ON  THE NOSE,  THAT'S ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/$
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~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHO COMES TO  CLOSE TO  YOUR SANDWICH... ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
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