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##@&*=\~:¨ internal visionary state ¨:~\=*&@##
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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. ¨:~\=*&@##
###&*=\~:¨ ¨:~\=*&###
&&=\::¨¨¨¨ 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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