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...~»;*%## HOUSE DREAM ##%*;»~...
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..~»;*%### # # ###%*;»~..
...~»;*%## # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # ##%*;»~...
....~»;*%# # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE # #%*;»~....
.....~»;*% # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # %*;»~.....
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.......~»; # I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN # ;»~.......
........~» # GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A # »~........
.........~ # SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO # ~.........
.......... # A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR # ..........
.......... # SOMESUCH THING. # ..........
.......... # # ..........
.......... ¤ BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE ¤ ..........
.......... ¤ FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE ¤ ..........
.......... ¤ THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL ¤ ..........
.......... ¤ FLOORS BELOW GROUND. ¤ ..........
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........~» % AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, % »~........
.......~»; % WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS, % ;»~.......
......~»;* % MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES, * *;»~......
.....~»;*% % CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR * %*;»~.....
....~»;*%# * POWER PLANTS... ; #%*;»~....
...~»;*%## » ~ ##%*;»~...
..~»;*%### . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I ~ ###%*;»~..
.~»;*%#### GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID ~ ####%*;»~.
..~»;*%### BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE ###%*;»~..
...~»;*%## STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS. . ##%*;»~...
....~»;*%# #%*;»~....
.....~»;*% A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS %*;»~.....
......~»;* WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR *;»~......
.......~»; . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE ;»~.......
........~» AROUND WATER. »~........
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.......... I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR . ..........
.......... MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS ..........
.......... FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE... ..........
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.......... ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,, OWO ..........
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