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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...                      : §&%:=~....
.....~=:%& =                                      ~ &%:=~.....
......~=:% . 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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