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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.           ,,,:«*%&§@
#@§&%*«:,,                                          ,,:«*%&§@#
##@§&%*«:, 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. ,:«*%&§@##
#@§&%*«:,,                                          ,,:«*%&§@#
@§&%*«:,,,              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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