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#@*$†~.¨¨¨  OPPOSER.DREAM                           ¨¨¨.~†$*@#
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#@*$†~.¨¨¨ BETWEEN  WHAT THE  BRAIN  CONSTRUCTS AND ¨¨¨.~†$*@#
@*$†~.¨¨¨¨ THE REAL, THE  SPACE  WHICH  WE  USUALLY ¨¨¨¨.~†$*@
*$†~.¨¨¨¨¨      CALL THE AETHER, DISTORTIONS,       ¨¨¨¨¨.~†$*
$†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨        ANOMALIES, CAN APPEAR UNDER       ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†$
*$†~.¨¨¨¨¨ CIRCUMSTANCES, PECULIAR ONES, FOLDED IN  ¨¨¨¨¨.~†$*
@*$†~.¨¨¨¨ LIKE  LIQUID CRYSTALS,  APPEARING  AS IF ¨¨¨¨.~†$*@
#@*$†~.¨¨¨ YOU  SUDDENLY  ROTATE YOUR  HEAD IN SOME ¨¨¨.~†$*@#
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*$†~.¨¨¨¨¨ CUTOUTS ALONG  ITS EDGES MAKING  IT LOOK ¨¨¨¨¨.~†$*
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*$†~.¨¨¨¨¨   IT APPEARS IN IT'S TRUEST FALSE FORM   ¨¨¨¨¨.~†$*
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@*$†~.¨¨¨¨   DRUG-INDUCED TRANSCENDENTAL STATES.    ¨¨¨¨.~†$*@
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##@*$†~.¨¨                                          ¨¨.~†$*@##
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@*$†~.¨¨¨¨ TOO FAR AWAY, AND YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF  ¨¨¨¨.~†$*@
*$†~.¨¨¨¨¨    TRANSFIXED BY FLOOR TILES, JEWELRY    ¨¨¨¨¨.~†$*
$†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨   (TOTEMS? CHARMS?), TREES, AND OTHER    ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†$
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