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,==†§¤####         ...,,=§# DREAMS #§=,,...         ####¤§†==,
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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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