¨¨^~†=*§@#                                          #@§*=†~^¨¨
¨^~†=*§@##                                          ##@§*=†~^¨
¨¨^~†=*§@#                                          #@§*=†~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~†=*§@                                          @§*=†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†=*§                                          §*=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*                 ¨¨=@=¨¨                  *=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=             ¨^†*@######@*†^¨             =†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†         ¨¨¨^^~*# dreams #*~^^¨¨¨         †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~             ¨^†*@######@*†^¨             ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                 ¨¨=@=¨¨                  ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ¨^¨                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                ¨=§###§=¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ¨^¨                   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         internal visionary state         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨            the spirit travels            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^             ¨^†*@######@*†^¨             ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                    ¨~¨                   ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†                                          †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=                  a cost                  =†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*                (anecdote)                *=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†=*§                                          §*=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~†=*§@                    ^^                    @§*=†~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~†=*§@#                                          #@§*=†~^¨¨
¨^~†=*§@## 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.        *=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=                                          =†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~† then  the  fear  hits  me   and  i  feel †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~    acutely sick. something is ~wrong~.   ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ¨¨                    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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.           ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~† 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.         @§*=†~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~†=*§@#                                          #@§*=†~^¨¨
¨^~†=*§@##                    ^^                    ##@§*=†~^¨
¨¨^~†=*§@#                                          #@§*=†~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~†=*§@ my surroundings are entirely calm.  it's @§*=†~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†=*§              almost mocking.             §*=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*                                          *=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†= 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.             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ my  eyes are still tense though, scared. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ i    don't   know    what    to    make. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^              but i'm tired.              ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†                     ¨                    †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=                  ^^~†~^^                 =†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*                     ¨                    *=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~†=*§                                          §*=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~†=*§@ 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... §*=†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~†=*                                          *=†~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†=                                          =†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†                                          †~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~                                          ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^                                          ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨