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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.        ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*%
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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.             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~*
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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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