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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.        ###&@*†«,.
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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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