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.........:               HOUSE DREAM                :.........
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.....:~:§£ # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # £§:~:.....
....:~:§£# # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # #£§:~:....
...:~:§£## # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # ##£§:~:...
..:~:§£### #                                      # ###£§:~:..
.:~:§£#### # I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN # ####£§:~:.
..:~:§£### # GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A    # ###£§:~:..
...:~:§£## # SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO  # ##£§:~:...
....:~:§£# # A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR # #£§:~:....
.....:~:§£ # SOMESUCH THING.                      # £§:~:.....
......:~:§ #                                      # §:~:......
.......:~: # BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE    # :~:.......
........:~ # FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE   # ~:........
.........: # THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL  # :.........
.......... # FLOORS BELOW GROUND.                 # ..........
.......... £                                      £ ..........
.......... £ AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, £ ..........
.........: £ WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS,  £ :.........
........:~ £ MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES,    § ~:........
.......:~: £ CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR   § :~:.......
......:~:§ § POWER PLANTS...                      : §:~:......
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....:~:§£# . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I : #£§:~:....
...:~:§£##   GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID       : ##£§:~:...
..:~:§£###   BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE           ###£§:~:..
.:~:§£####   STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS.        . ####£§:~:.
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...:~:§£##   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        ##£§:~:...
....:~:§£#   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    #£§:~:....
.....:~:§£ . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    £§:~:.....
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........:~   I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR     . ~:........
.........:   MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS   :.........
..........   FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE...       ..........
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..........   ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,,    OWO   ..........
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