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##£@&%;--¨        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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£&&%;---¨¨ 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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£&;;--¨¨¨¨      because there's something there     ¨¨¨¨--;;&£
#@@@&%;--¨    already, droning everything out, a    ¨--;%&@@@#
#£@&%%;--¨ rapid  melody, almost  caustic  in  it's ¨--;%%&@£#
###@&%;--¨         particular microtonality.        ¨--;%&@###
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##£@&%;--¨             almost mocking.              ¨--;%&@£##
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##£@&%;--¨ escape.  to crawl on the floor searching ¨--;%&@£##
##£@&%;--¨ relief, such is  my nature.  turning the ¨--;%&@£##
##£@&%;--¨    lights on does nothing... getting     ¨--;%&@£##
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##£@&%;--¨ does  noting...  but time  does -  after ¨--;%&@£##
@&%;;;--¨¨     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     ¨¨--;;;%&@
##£@&%;--¨ doubting  anything  of this  happened in ¨--;%&@£##
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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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@%%%;-¨¨¨¨ what these are.  like you do with  a cat ¨¨¨¨-;%%%@
£@&%;;--¨¨ who comes  to close to your  sandwich... ¨¨--;;%&@£
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