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....,«/%$#                HOUSE DREAM               #$%/«,....
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.......,«/ #                                      # /«,.......
........,« # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # «,........
........., # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # ,.........
.......... # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # ..........
.......... #                                      # ..........
.......... # I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN # ..........
.......... # GOVERNMENTAL OR CORPORATE, LIKE A    # ..........
.......... # SCHOOL OR OFFICE, LOOKING TO GET TO  # ..........
.......... # A PLACE, OR TO EXIT THE BUILDING, OR # ..........
.......... # SOMESUCH THING.                      # ..........
.......... #                                      # ..........
.......... # BUT, THE BUILDING HAS AN INFINITE    # ..........
........., # FLOOR PLAN? IT'S GROWING AS I MOVE   # ,.........
........,« # THROUGH IT, OFTEN BURROWING SEVERAL  # «,........
.......,«/ # FLOORS BELOW GROUND.                 # /«,.......
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.....,«/%$ $ AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, $ $%/«,.....
....,«/%$# $ WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS,  $ #$%/«,....
...,«/%$## $ MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES,    % ##$%/«,...
..,«/%$### $ CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR   % ###$%/«,..
.,«/%$#### % POWER PLANTS...                      / ####$%/«,.
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...,«/%$## . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I , ##$%/«,...
....,«/%$#   GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID       , #$%/«,....
.....,«/%$   BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE           $%/«,.....
......,«/%   STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS.        . %/«,......
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........,«   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        «,........
.........,   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    ,.........
.......... . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    ..........
..........   AROUND WATER.                          ..........
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..........   I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR     . ..........
..........   MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS   ..........
..........   FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE...       ..........
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..........   ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,,    OWO   ..........
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