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###@*=^-:.             .:^*########*^:.             .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.         ...::-*# dreams #*-::...         .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.             .:^*########*^:.             .:-^=*@###
@*^-......                  ..=#=..                 ......-^*@
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#@=-::....                   .:.                    ....::-=@#
@@*=-::...                 .=@###@=.                ...::-=*@@
###@*=^-:.                   .:.                    .:-^=*@###
##@=^:....                                          ....:^=@##
###@*=^-:.         internal visionary state         .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@###
#@@@*=^-:.            the spirit travels            .:-^=*@@@#
###@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.             .:^*########*^:.             .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                    .-.                   .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                  a cost                  .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                (anecdote)                .:-^=*@###
#*==^:....                                          ....:^==*#
###@*=^-:.                    ::                    .:-^=*@###
#@@@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@@@#
###@*=^-:. 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-.   :-^=*@####
#@@@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@@@#
###@*=^-:.                    ..                    .:-^=*@###
#*==^---:.                                          .:---^==*#
###@*=^-:. 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.            .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:. 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.        .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@###
@@**^-....                    ::                    ....-^**@@
###@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@###
#@@@*=^-:. my surroundings are entirely  calm. it's .:-^=*@@@#
###@*=^-:.              almost mocking.             .:-^=*@###
##*=-::...                                          ...::-=*##
#@*==^^-:. 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.             .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:.                                          .:-^=*@###
###@*=^-:. 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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#@**^-....                                          ....-^**@#
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#@*=^--...                                          ...--^=*@#
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