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..~«†$¤&##         ...~~«¤# DREAMS #¤«~~...         ##&¤$†«~..
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..~«†$¤&##         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ##&¤$†«~..
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..~«†$¤&##            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ##&¤$†«~..
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.~«†$¤&###                    .«.                   ###&¤$†«~.
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.~«†$¤&###                  A COST                  ###&¤$†«~.
..~«†$¤&##                (ANECDOTE)                ##&¤$†«~..
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..~«†$¤&## I  WAKE  SUDDENLY,  AND  FOR   A  SECOND ##&¤$†«~..
.~«†$¤&### EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY  CALM AND  DEAD ###&¤$†«~.
..~«†$¤&## SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ##&¤$†«~..
.~«†$¤&### SLOWLY  START  TO  PIECE   TOGETHER   MY ###&¤$†«~.
..~«†$¤&##        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ##&¤$†«~..
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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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