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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†                                          †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%                                          %†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨:~†%$¤£#                                          #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨:~†%$¤£##         internal visionary state         ##£¤$%†~:¨
¨¨:~†%$¤£#                                          #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~†%$¤£            the spirit travels            £¤$%†~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~†%$¤                                          ¤$%†~:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%                   ¨~¨                    %†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†                                          †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~                  a cost                  ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                (anecdote)                :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ::                    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: 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~.   #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨:~†%$¤£##                                          ##£¤$%†~:¨
¨¨:~†%$¤£#                    ¨¨                    #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~†%$¤£                                          £¤$%†~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~†%$¤ 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.         $%†~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~†%$¤                                          ¤$%†~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~†%$¤£                    ::                    £¤$%†~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~†%$¤£#                                          #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨:~†%$¤£## my surroundings are entirely calm.  it's ##£¤$%†~:¨
¨¨:~†%$¤£#              almost mocking.             #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~†%$¤£                                          £¤$%†~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~†%$¤ i  feel helpless,  but  i  must  try  to ¤$%†~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$ escape. to crawl on the  floor searching $%†~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†% relief,  such is  my nature. turning the %†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†    lights on does nothing... getting     †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~  outside does nothing... drinking water  ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: does  noting...  but time  does  - after :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ doubting  anything of  this happened  in ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨             the first place.             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                                          :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ my eyes are still  tense though, scared. ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~† i    don't    know   what    to    make. †~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%                                          %†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~†%$              but i'm tired.              $%†~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~†%$¤                                          ¤$%†~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~†%$¤£                     ¨                    £¤$%†~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~†%$¤£#                  ::~†~::                 #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨:~†%$¤£##                     ¨                    ##£¤$%†~:¨
¨¨:~†%$¤£#                                          #£¤$%†~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~†%$¤£ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~                                          ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨