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=*«~,,,,,,         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         ,,,,,,~«*=
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#*=*«~,,,,            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.        ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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