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..,~=**##@               HOUSE DREAM                @##**=~,..
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...,~=**## #                                      # ##**=~,...
....,~=**# # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # #**=~,....
.....,~=** # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # **=~,.....
......,~=* @ CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. @ *=~,......
.......,~= @                                      @ =~,.......
........,~ @ I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN @ ~,........
........., @ GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A    @ ,.........
.......... # SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO  # ..........
.......... # A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR # ..........
.......... # SOMESUCH THING.                      # ..........
........., #                                      # ,.........
........,~ # BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE    # ~,........
.......,~= # FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE   # =~,.......
......,~=* # THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL  # *=~,......
.....,~=** # FLOORS BELOW GROUND.                 # **=~,.....
....,~=**# *                                      * #**=~,....
...,~=**## * AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, * ##**=~,...
..,~=**##@ * WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS,  * @##**=~,..
.,~=**##@# * MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES,    * #@##**=~,.
..,~=**##@ * CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR   * @##**=~,..
...,~=**## * POWER PLANTS...                      = ##**=~,...
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.....,~=** . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I , **=~,.....
......,~=*   GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID       , *=~,......
.......,~=   BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE           =~,.......
........,~   STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS.        . ~,........
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..........   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        ..........
..........   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    ..........
.......... . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    ..........
.........,   AROUND WATER.                          ,.........
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.......,~=   I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR     . =~,.......
......,~=*   MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS   *=~,......
.....,~=**   FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE...       **=~,.....
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...,~=**##   ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,,    OWO   ##**=~,...
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