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=~:,,,,,,,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ,,,,,,,:~=
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:,,,,,,,,,            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,,,,,,,,,:
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,,,,,,,,,,                  A COST                  ,,,,,,,,,,
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=~:,,,,,,,                    ::                    ,,,,,,,:~=
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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.            ,,,,,,,,,:
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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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