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=,........         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ........,=
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$==,......            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ......,==$
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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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##@%$==,.. ALL OVER MY VISION,  PRESSING IN,  BEING ..,==$%@##
#@%$==,... ALMOST HOSTILE. I  CAN FEEL THEM SQUIRM, ...,==$%@#
@%$==,....    THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND     ....,==$%@
%$==,..... GRINDING TRENCHES  IN MY MIND. IT'S LIKE .....,==$%
$==,...... LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I CAN'T  HIDE  FROM, ......,==$
==,....... 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     .......,==
$==,......    ALREADY, DRONING EVERYTHING OUT, A    ......,==$
%$==,..... RAPID  MELODY,  ALMOST  CAUSTIC  IN IT'S .....,==$%
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##@%$==,.. MY SURROUNDINGS  ARE ENTIRELY CALM. IT'S ..,==$%@##
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%$==,..... I  FEEL  HELPLESS,  BUT  I MUST  TRY  TO .....,==$%
$==,...... ESCAPE. TO CRAWL ON  THE FLOOR SEARCHING ......,==$
==,....... 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,     .......,==
$==,...... DOUBTING  ANYTHING  OF THIS  HAPPENED IN ......,==$
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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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