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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^§                 ¨¨§¶§¨¨                  §^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~^§@             ¨^^§¶@####@¶§^^¨             @§^~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~^§@¶         ¨¨¨^^~§@ dreams @§~^^¨¨¨         ¶@§^~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~^§@¶@             ¨^^§¶@####@¶§^^¨             @¶@§^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^§@¶@#                 ¨¨§¶§¨¨                  #@¶@§^~^¨¨
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¨¨^~^§@¶@#                   ¨^¨                    #@¶@§^~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~^§@¶@                 ¨§@@#@@§¨                @¶@§^~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~^§@¶                   ¨^¨                    ¶@§^~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~^§@                                          @§^~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^§         internal visionary state         §^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^                                          ^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~            the spirit travels            ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             ¨^^§¶@####@¶§^^¨             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                    ¨~¨                   ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^                  a cost                  ^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^§                (anecdote)                §^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~^§@                                          @§^~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~^§@¶                    ^^                    ¶@§^~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~^§@¶@                                          @¶@§^~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~^§@¶@# 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.        ¶@§^~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~^§@                                          @§^~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^§ then  the  fear  hits  me  and  i   feel §^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^    acutely sick. something is ~wrong~.   ^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                    ¨¨                    ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ 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.           #@¶@§^~^¨¨
¨^~^§@¶@##                                          ##@¶@§^~^¨
¨¨^~^§@¶@# 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.         §^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^                                          ^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                    ^^                    ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ my surroundings are  entirely calm. it's ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^             almost mocking.              ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^ 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.             @¶@§^~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~^§@¶                                          ¶@§^~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~^§@ my eyes are still tense though,  scared. @§^~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^§ i    don't    know    what   to    make. §^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~^                                          ^~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~              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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