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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.        #§§^=,....
...,=^§§#@                                          @#§§^=,...
..,=^§§#@# 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.             §§^=,.....
....,=^§§#                                          #§§^=,....
...,=^§§#@ 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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