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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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