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.....~/*%#         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         #%*/~.....
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...~/*%###            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ###%*/~...
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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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