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........,~         ...,,~@# DREAMS #@~,,...         ~,........
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......,~^=         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         =^~,......
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....,~^=@#            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            #@=^~,....
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...,~^=@#@                  A COST                  @#@=^~,...
....,~^=@#                (ANECDOTE)                #@=^~,....
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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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