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..=***## Internal Visionary State ###&***=..
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..=******& The Spirit Travels &******=..
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..=***## A Cost ###&***=..
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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 #&&&***=..
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..=***## Who Comes To Close To Your Sandwich... ###&***=..
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