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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. ¤ ..........
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.......... % 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. . .:-**%¤@##
#@¤%**-:.. ..:-**%¤@#
@¤%**-:... A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS ...:-**%¤@
¤%**-:.... WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR ....:-**%¤
%**-:..... . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE .....:-**%
**-:...... AROUND WATER. ......:-**
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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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