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.:~=$$$###         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ###$$$=~:.
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.:~=$$####            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ####$$=~:.
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.:~=$$#### EVERYTHING IS  COMPLETELY CALM AND  DEAD ####$$=~:.
.....:~$$# SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I #$$~:.....
...:~~~$$# SLOWLY  START   TO  PIECE  TOGETHER   MY #$$~~~:...
....~$$###        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ###$$~....
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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 ##$$$~~~:.
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.:~=$$#### THEN  I  REALIZE I  CAN'T HEAR  ANYTHING ####$$=~:.
.:~=$$####      BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE     ####$$=~:.
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....:~$### RAPID  MELODY,  ALMOST  CAUSTIC IN  IT'S ###$~:....
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.:~=$$#### MY SURROUNDINGS  ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S ####$$=~:.
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.:~=$$#### I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY TO ####$$=~:.
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.:~=$$#### RELIEF, SUCH IS  MY  NATURE. TURNING THE ####$$=~:.
.:~=$$####    LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING     ####$$=~:.
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.:~=$$#### DOES NOTING...  BUT  TIME  DOES  - AFTER ####$$=~:.
.:~=$$####     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ####$$=~:.
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.:~=$$#### I    DON'T    KNOW    WHAT   TO    MAKE. ####$$=~:.
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.:~=$$#### I  GUESS? I  SHOULDN'T  BE  SO  RECKLESS ####$$=~:.
.:~=$$####              WHEN DREAMING?              ####$$=~:.
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.:~=$$#### WHAT  THESE ARE. LIKE YOU  DO WITH A CAT ####$$=~:.
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