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