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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^         internal visionary state         ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨            the spirit travels            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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