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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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