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.......... # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # ..........
.......... # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE # ..........
.......... # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # ..........
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.......... # I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN # ..........
~......... # GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A # .........~
~~........ @ SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO @ ........~~
\~~....... @ A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR @ .......~~\
=\~~...... @ SOMESUCH THING. @ ......~~\=
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&¤=\~~.... & BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE & ....~~\=¤&
@&¤=\~~... & FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE & ...~~\=¤&@
#@&¤=\~~.. & THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL & ..~~\=¤&@#
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@&¤=\~~... ¤ AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, ¤ ...~~\=¤&@
&¤=\~~.... ¤ WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS, ¤ ....~~\=¤&
¤=\~~..... ¤ MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES, = .....~~\=¤
=\~~...... ¤ CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR = ......~~\=
\~~....... = POWER PLANTS... \ .......~~\
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~......... . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I ~ .........~
.......... GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID ~ ..........
.......... BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE ..........
.......... STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS. . ..........
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.......... A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS ..........
.......... WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR ..........
.......... . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE ..........
.......... AROUND WATER. ..........
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~......... I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR . .........~
~~........ MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS ........~~
\~~....... FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE... .......~~\
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¤=\~~..... ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,, OWO .....~~\=¤
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