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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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