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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.. # ..:~;*&&@#
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#@&&*;~:.. # 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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