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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                  ####§^†=:.
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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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