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##@#$*=«^,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ,^«=*$#@##
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##@#$*=«^,            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,^«=*$#@##
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@#*=«^,,,,                (ANECDOTE)                ,,,,^«=*#@
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##@#$*=«^, I  WAKE   SUDDENLY,  AND  FOR  A  SECOND ,^«=*$#@##
##*«,,,,,, EVERYTHING  IS  COMPLETELY CALM AND DEAD ,,,,,,«*##
@@@#$*=«^, SILENT.  IT'S  DARK,  AND  WARM,  AND  I ,^«=*$#@@@
#@##$*=«^, SLOWLY   START  TO  PIECE   TOGETHER  MY ,^«=*$##@#
####$*=«^,        CONSCIOUSNESS AND MY BODY.        ,^«=*$####
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#*««^^,,,, 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 ,,,^«««*##
##@#$*=«^, LANGUAGE, SENTENCES I  CAN'T  HIDE FROM, ,^«=*$#@##
##@#$*=«^, FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED  IN MY MIND,  AND ,^«=*$#@##
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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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##@#$*=«^, I  FEEL HELPLESS,  BUT  I  MUST  TRY  TO ,^«=*$#@##
##@#$*=«^, ESCAPE. TO  CRAWL ON THE FLOOR SEARCHING ,^«=*$#@##
##$***=«^, RELIEF,  SUCH IS  MY NATURE. TURNING THE ,^«=***$##
##@#$*=«^,     LIGHTS ON DOES NOTHING... GETTING    ,^«=*$#@##
##@#$*=«^,  OUTSIDE DOES NOTHING... DRINKING WATER  ,^«=*$#@##
##@#$*=«^, DOES  NOTING...  BUT TIME  DOES  - AFTER ,^«=*$#@##
@#$*=^^^,,     THIRTY SECONDS I'M NORMAL AGAIN,     ,,^^^=*$#@
###$=^,,,, DOUBTING  ANYTHING OF  THIS HAPPENED  IN ,,,,^=$###
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##*«^^,,,, MY EYES ARE STILL  TENSE THOUGH, SCARED. ,,,,^^«*##
##@#$*=«^, I    DON'T    KNOW    WHAT    TO   MAKE. ,^«=*$#@##
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##@#$*=«^, I GUESS?  I  SHOULDN'T  BE  SO  RECKLESS ,^«=*$#@##
##@#$*=«^,              WHEN DREAMING?              ,^«=*$#@##
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##@#$*=«^, WHAT THESE  ARE. LIKE YOU DO WITH  A CAT ,^«=*$#@##
##@#$*=«^, WHO  COMES TO CLOSE TO  YOUR SANDWICH... ,^«=*$#@##
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