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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.            ^«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«                                          «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: 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.         :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«                                          «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^                    ::                    ^«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^*                                          *^«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«^*% 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.             «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                                          :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ my  eyes are still tense though, scared. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ i    don't    know    what   to    make. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:              but i'm tired.              :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«                                          «:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^                    ¨                     ^«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^*                  ::«^«::                 *^«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«^*%                    ¨                     %*^«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«^*%§                                          §%*^«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«^*%§£ 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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