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.....^-=%@         internal visionary state         @%=-^.....
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...^-=%@£¶            the spirit travels            ¶£@%=-^...
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....^-=%@£                  a cost                  £@%=-^....
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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.        =-^.......
......^-=%                                          %=-^......
.....^-=%@ 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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