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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.             ,^=\^#¶###
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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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