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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.        &&&,&&&,&&
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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.             ,,,&,&,&&&
,,,,&&,&,&                                          ,,&&&&&,,,
,,,&,&&&&& 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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