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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.        -,,,,,,,,,
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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 $†~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~†           DOING DAMAGE THERE.            †~-,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,- 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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,,,,-~†$$#              ALMOST MOCKING.             #$$†~-,,,,
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,,-~†$$#¶# I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I MUST  TRY  TO #¶#$$†~-,,
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,,-~†$$#¶# RELIEF,  SUCH  IS MY NATURE. TURNING THE #¶#$$†~-,,
,,,-~†$$#¶    LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING     ¶#$$†~-,,,
,,,,-~†$$#  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  #$$†~-,,,,
,,,,,-~†$$ DOES  NOTING...  BUT  TIME  DOES - AFTER $$†~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~†$     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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,,-~†$$#¶# I GUESS?  I  SHOULDN'T  BE  SO  RECKLESS #¶#$$†~-,,
,-~†$$#¶##              WHEN DREAMING?              ##¶#$$†~-,
,,-~†$$#¶# I  IMAGINE A  PRICK ON THE NOSE,  THAT'S #¶#$$†~-,,
,,,-~†$$#¶ WHAT THESE ARE.  LIKE YOU DO WITH  A CAT ¶#$$†~-,,,
,,,,-~†$$# WHO COMES TO  CLOSE  TO YOUR SANDWICH... #$$†~-,,,,
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