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#@$$*=~...             .~*$@######@$*~.             ...~=*$$@#
@$$*=~....         ...~~=$# DREAMS #$=~~...         ....~=*$$@
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#@$$*=~...                .$¤###¤$.                 ...~=*$$@#
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##@$$*=~..         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ..~=*$$@##
#@$$*=~...                                          ...~=*$$@#
@$$*=~....            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ....~=*$$@
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$*=~......             .~*$@######@$*~.             ......~=*$
$$*=~.....                   .=.                    .....~=*$$
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#@$$*=~...                  A COST                  ...~=*$$@#
##@$$*=~..                (ANECDOTE)                ..~=*$$@##
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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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##@$$*=~.. MY SURROUNDINGS  ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S ..~=*$$@##
#@$$*=~...              ALMOST MOCKING.             ...~=*$$@#
@$$*=~....                                          ....~=*$$@
$$*=~..... I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY TO .....~=*$$
$*=~...... ESCAPE. TO  CRAWL ON THE FLOOR SEARCHING ......~=*$
$$*=~..... RELIEF, SUCH  IS MY NATURE. TURNING  THE .....~=*$$
@$$*=~....     LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING    ....~=*$$@
#@$$*=~...  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  ...~=*$$@#
##@$$*=~.. DOES  NOTING... BUT TIME  DOES  -  AFTER ..~=*$$@##
###@$$*=~.     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     .~=*$$@###
##@$$*=~.. DOUBTING ANYTHING  OF  THIS  HAPPENED IN ..~=*$$@##
#@$$*=~...             THE FIRST PLACE.             ...~=*$$@#
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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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