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§§§§§:~~^¨ silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ¨^~~:§§§§§
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#§§§~^¨¨¨¨ almost hostile. i can  feel them squirm, ¨¨¨¨^~§§§#
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##¶§£§:~^¨ grinding trenches in  my mind. it's like ¨^~:§£§¶##
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##¶§£§:~^¨ forcefully  transcribed in my mind,  and ¨^~:§£§¶##
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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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##¶§£§:~^¨ escape.  to crawl on the floor searching ¨^~:§£§¶##
§££:~¨¨¨¨¨ relief, such is my nature.  turning  the ¨¨¨¨¨~:££§
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##¶§£§:~^¨ does  noting... but  time does  -  after ¨^~:§£§¶##
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###¶§£§:~^             the first place.             ^~:§£§¶###
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#¶¶§£§:~^¨              when dreaming?              ¨^~:§£§¶¶#
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