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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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