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........--                HOUSE DREAM               --........
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.......... ########@@@££$$%*--..--*%$$££@@@######## ..........
.......... #                                      # ..........
.......... # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # ..........
.........- # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # -.........
........-- # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # --........
.......--* #                                      # *--.......
......--*% # 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.                      @ #@£$%*--..
.--*%$£@## @                                      @ ##@£$%*--.
..--*%$£@# £ BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE    £ #@£$%*--..
...--*%$£@ £ FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE   £ @£$%*--...
....--*%$£ £ THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL  £ £$%*--....
.....--*%$ £ FLOORS BELOW GROUND.                 £ $%*--.....
......--*% $                                      $ %*--......
.......--* $ 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.        . %*--......
.....--*%$                                          $%*--.....
....--*%$£   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        £$%*--....
...--*%$£@   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    @£$%*--...
..--*%$£@# . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    #@£$%*--..
.--*%$£@##   AROUND WATER.                          ##@£$%*--.
..--*%$£@#                                        - #@£$%*--..
...--*%$£@   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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