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#@@§@$=«:.               HOUSE DREAM                .:«=$@§@@#
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##@§@$=«:. #                                      # .:«=$@§@##
@§§@@$=«:. # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # .:«=$@@§§@
#@@§@$=«:. # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # .:«=$@§@@#
@§$««:.... @ CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. @ ....:««$§@
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##@@§@$=«: @ I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN @ :«=$@§@@##
@@§$==:... @ GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A    @ ...:==$§@@
§$===«:... @ SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO  @ ...:«===$§
@@@§@$=«:. @ A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR @ .:«=$@§@@@
#@@§@$=«:. @ SOMESUCH THING.                      @ .:«=$@§@@#
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#@@§@$=«:. § BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE    § .:«=$@§@@#
§@=:...... § 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.        . .:«=$@@§@@
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##@@§@=«:.   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        .:«=@§@@##
##@§@$=«:.   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    .:«=$@§@##
#@@§@$=«:. . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    .:«=$@§@@#
§$««:.....   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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