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£$§†-,.... silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ....,-†§$£
$§†-,..... slowly  start  to   piece   together  my .....,-†§$
§†-,......        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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##£$§†-,.. language,  sentences i  can't hide from, ..,-†§$£##
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£$§†-,....            doing damage there.           ....,-†§$£
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†-,.......     because there's something there      .......,-†
-,........    already, droning everything out, a    ........,-
,......... rapid  melody,  almost caustic  in  it's .........,
-,........         particular microtonality.        ........,-
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##£$§†-,.. escape.  to crawl on the floor searching ..,-†§$£##
#£$§†-,... relief, such is  my nature.  turning the ...,-†§$£#
£$§†-,....    lights on does nothing... getting     ....,-†§$£
$§†-,.....  outside does nothing... drinking water  .....,-†§$
§†-,...... 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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$§†-,..... i  guess?  i  shouldn't  be so  reckless .....,-†§$
§†-,......              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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