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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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