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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 ..-==†@§@#
##@§@†==-. WHAT THESE ARE. LIKE YOU  DO  WITH A CAT .-==†@§@##
#@§@†==-.. WHO COMES TO CLOSE  TO YOUR  SANDWICH... ..-==†@§@#
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