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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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#¤$%*~,,,, I   WAKE  SUDDENLY,  AND  FOR  A  SECOND ,,,,~*%$¤#
##¤$%*~,,, EVERYTHING IS  COMPLETELY  CALM AND DEAD ,,,~*%$¤##
###¤$%*~,, SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ,,~*%$¤###
##¤$%*~,,, SLOWLY  START   TO  PIECE  TOGETHER   MY ,,,~*%$¤##
#¤$%*~,,,,        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ,,,,~*%$¤#
¤$%*~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~*%$¤
$%*~,,,,,, THEN  THE  FEAR  HITS  ME  AND  I   FEEL ,,,,,,~*%$
%*~,,,,,,,    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, ,,,,,,,~*%
$%*~,,,,,,     THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND    ,,,,,,~*%$
¤$%*~,,,,, GRINDING TRENCHES IN MY  MIND. IT'S LIKE ,,,,,~*%$¤
#¤$%*~,,,, LANGUAGE, SENTENCES  I CAN'T HIDE  FROM, ,,,,~*%$¤#
##¤$%*~,,, FORCEFULLY  TRANSCRIBED IN MY MIND,  AND ,,,~*%$¤##
###¤$%*~,,           DOING DAMAGE THERE.            ,,~*%$¤###
##¤$%*~,,,                                          ,,,~*%$¤##
#¤$%*~,,,, THEN  I REALIZE  I  CAN'T HEAR  ANYTHING ,,,,~*%$¤#
¤$%*~,,,,,      BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE     ,,,,,~*%$¤
$%*~,,,,,,    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ,,,,,,~*%$
%*~,,,,,,, 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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