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...~~†%%§§         ...~~~%@ DREAMS @%~~~...         §§%%†~~...
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.~~\†%§¶@@         INTERNAL VISIONARY STATE         @@¶§%†\~~.
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.~~\†%§¶@#            THE SPIRIT TRAVELS            #@¶§%†\~~.
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.~~\†%§¶¶@             .~\%¶@####@¶%\~.             @¶¶§%†\~~.
.~~\†%§¶@#                   .~.                    #@¶§%†\~~.
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...~\\%§§§                  A COST                  §§§%\\~...
.~~\†%%§§¶                (ANECDOTE)                ¶§§%%†\~~.
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.~~\†%§¶@@                    ~~                    @@¶§%†\~~.
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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.           #@¶§%†\~~.
.~~\†%§¶@#                                          #@¶§%†\~~.
.~~\†%§¶@# 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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.~~\†%§¶@#                    ~~                    #@¶§%†\~~.
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.~~\†%§¶## 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.             @§§%%†\~~.
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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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