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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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,.~^^^$§¶# MY SURROUNDINGS ARE ENTIRELY CALM.  IT'S #¶§$^^^~.,
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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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