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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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#%=†=^....                    ^^                    ....^=†=%#
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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.             .^=†=%#@##
#@#%=†=^..                                          ..^=†=%#@#
@#%=†=^... 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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