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&%%%%^*=~. ...~~=%# DREAMS #%=~~... .~=*^%%%%&
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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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###&%^*=~. ~~ .~=*^%&###
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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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####&%^=~. ~~ .~=^%&####
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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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