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,,,,,,~«†$         internal visionary state         $†«~,,,,,,
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,,,,~«†$*£            the spirit travels            £*$†«~,,,,
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,,,~«†$*£¶                  a cost                  ¶£*$†«~,,,
,,,,~«†$*£                (anecdote)                £*$†«~,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~« i  wake  suddenly,  and  for   a  second «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ everything is completely  calm and  dead ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, silent.  it's  dark,  and  warm,  and  i ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, slowly  start  to   piece   together  my ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,        consciousness and my body.        ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~« then  the   fear  hits  me  and  i  feel «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«†    acutely sick. something is «wrong«.   †«~,,,,,,,
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,,,~«†$*£¶ 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.           $†«~,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,~« then  i realize  i can't  hear  anything «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~     because there's something there      ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,    already, droning everything out, a    ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, rapid  melody, almost  caustic  in  it's ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,        particular microtonality.         ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,~«†$ my surroundings are  entirely calm. it's $†«~,,,,,,
,,,,,~«†$*              almost mocking.             *$†«~,,,,,
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,,,~«†$*£¶ 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 $†«~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~«†             the first place.             †«~,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,~ my eyes  are still tense though, scared. ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, i    don't   know    what    to    make. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,              but i'm tired.              ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,~«†$*£ 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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