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###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
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###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
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###&%†;=~. ..†#†.. .~=;†%&###
##%%†;==~. .~;%########%;~. .~==;†%%##
#%†==..... ...~~=%# DREAMS #%=~~... .....==†%#
###&%†;=~. .~;%########%;~. .~=;†%&###
#%†=...... ..†#†.. ......=†%#
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###&%†;=~. .~. .~=;†%&###
##&&%†;=~. .†&###&†. .~=;†%&&##
#&%†;~.... .~. ....~;†%&#
#&†;==.... ....==;†&#
#&†=~~~~.. INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE ..~~~~=†&#
###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
###&%†;=~. THE SPIRIT TRAVELS .~=;†%&###
##%%††;=~. .~=;††%%##
###&%†;=~. .~;%########%;~. .~=;†%&###
###&%†;=~. .=. .~=;†%&###
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&†;=~~.... A COST ....~~=;†&
&††††===~. (ANECDOTE) .~===††††&
&†=~~..... .....~~=†&
###&%†;=~. ~~ .~=;†%&###
#&†=~..... .....~=†&#
###&%†;=~. 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=. .~=;†&####
&††=...... ......=††&
#%;~~..... .. .....~~;%#
#&&%%†;=~. .~=;†%%&&#
&&†=...... 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. .~=;†%&###
###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
##%%%†;=~. ~~ .~=;†%%%##
###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
###&%†;=~. MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S .~=;†%&###
###&%†;=~. ALMOST MOCKING. .~=;†%&###
###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
&%;;~..... 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. .~=;†%&###
###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
&†==~..... MY EYES ARE STILL TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. .....~==†&
#&†==~~~.. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE. ..~~~==†&#
#&†=...... ......=†&#
#&†;~..... BUT I'M TIRED. .....~;†&#
#&†=~~~... ...~~~=†&#
###&%†;=~. . .~=;†%&###
&&%†;;;=~. ~~=;=~~ .~=;;;†%&&
#%%;==.... . ....==;%%#
###&%†;=~. .~=;†%&###
#%††=..... 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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&&††††;=~. .~=;††††&&
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