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=^«~,,,,,,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ,,,,,,~«^=
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§$=^«~,,,,            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,,,,~«^=$§
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@§$=^«~,,,                  A COST                  ,,,~«^=$§@
§$=^«~,,,,                (ANECDOTE)                ,,,,~«^=$§
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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.             ,,,,,,,,,~
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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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