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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 #§%~......
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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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