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,:~/%*¶@##         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ##@¶*%/~:,
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,,,,,,,,:~                  A COST                  ~:,,,,,,,,
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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. ##@¶*%/~:,
,,:~/%*¶@#                                          #@¶*%/~:,,
,,,:~/%*¶@              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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