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..........         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ..........
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«:........            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ........:«
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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 ....:«/*%#
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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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