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&%^«~~¨¨¨¨         ¨¨¨~~«%# dreams #%«~~¨¨¨         ¨¨¨¨~~«^%&
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#@%^^^:«~¨         internal visionary state         ¨~«:^^^%@#
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##@&%^:«~¨            the spirit travels            ¨~«:^%&@##
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##@&%^:«~¨             ¨~:%@######@%:~¨             ¨~«:^%&@##
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@&&^^:««~¨                  a cost                  ¨~««:^^&&@
##@&%^:«~¨                (anecdote)                ¨~«:^%&@##
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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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@&%^^^:«~¨                    ¨¨                    ¨~«:^^^%&@
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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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###@&%:«~¨                 ~~«:«~~                  ¨~«:%&@###
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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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