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=^,,,,,,,,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ,,,,,,,,^=
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=\=^,,,,,,            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            ,,,,,,^=\=
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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.        ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,^=\=
$=\=^,,,,, ALMOST HOSTILE. I CAN FEEL THEM  SQUIRM, ,,,,,^=\=$
#$=\=^,,,,    THEIR INTERNAL LOGIC CHANGING AND     ,,,,^=\=$#
##$=\=^,,, GRINDING TRENCHES IN  MY MIND. IT'S LIKE ,,,^=\=$##
###$=\=^,, LANGUAGE,  SENTENCES I  CAN'T HIDE FROM, ,,^=\=$###
####$=\=^, FORCEFULLY TRANSCRIBED IN  MY  MIND, AND ,^=\=$####
###$=\=^,,           DOING DAMAGE THERE.            ,,^=\=$###
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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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