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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.        ##§=~:....
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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 §=~:......
.....:~=§#             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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