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.:=\*$&###           nothing is harmless            ###&$*\=:.
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.:=\*$&### a  dream is  around you, but also inside ###&$*\=:.
..:=\\**$# you,  and usually  you  don't  leave the #$**\\=:..
.:=\*$&###              familiar modes.             ###&$*\=:.
.:=\*$$$$&      sometimes you are careless, but     &$$$$*\=:.
.....:==*& sometimes the  nightmare  comes  to you. &*==:.....
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.:=\*$&### it may  shock you. it  may lure  you in. ###&$*\=:.
.:=\***$$# even if  you  are  afraid,  it's  likely #$$***\=:.
....:\$&&#      you're just dreaming normally.      #&&$\:....
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.:=\*$&### a  nightmare sinks it's teeth in you.  a ###&$*\=:.
.:=\*$####      nightmare follows you back up.      ####$*\=:.
.:=\*$&###         waking is not escaping.          ###&$*\=:.
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.:=\*$&### it  dissolves  or  it lingers. maybe  it ###&$*\=:.
.:=\*$&###          crawls away and hides.          ###&$*\=:.
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.:=\*$&### or it could be  a parasite that has been ###&$*\=:.
.:=\*$&### growing inside you, graceful enough  not ###&$*\=:.
...::\*$##                 to kill.                 ##$*\::...
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