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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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