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.........~         ...~~~$# DREAMS #$~~~...         ~.........
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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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