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,&,,,&&,,&         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         &&&&,,,,,&
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,,,&,&&&&&            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,,,,&&,,,&
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,,,,,&,&&&                  A COST                  &&,,&,&,&&
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,,&,,&&,&&                    ::                    &,,,,&,,,&
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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.        ,&,&,,&&,,
,,&,,&,&,&                                          ,&&&&,&,&,
,,&&,&&&&& 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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,,&&&&&&,&                    ::                    &&,&,,,,,&
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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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