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.....~=:*%         ...~~=%# DREAMS #%=~~...         %*:=~.....
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...~=:*%£@         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         @£%*:=~...
..~=:*%£@#                                          #@£%*:=~..
.~=:*%£@##            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.        ##@£%*:=~.
..~=:*%£@#                                          #@£%*:=~..
...~=:*%£@ 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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