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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 ###&%*\~:.
.:~\*%&###             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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