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.....,=*$%                HOUSE DREAM               %$*=,.....
....,=*$%#                    .                     #%$*=,....
...,=*$%#@ ########@@@##%%$*=,..,=*$%%##@@@######## @#%$*=,...
..,=*$%#@# #                                      # #@#%$*=,..
.,=*$%#@## # THERE'S A RECURRING HOUSE DREAM, OR, # ##@#%$*=,.
..,=*$%#@# # A RECURRING WAY THOS DREAMS ARE      # #@#%$*=,..
...,=*$%#@ # CONSTRUCTED, A WAY THEY TAKE PLACE.. # @#%$*=,...
....,=*$%# #                                      # #%$*=,....
.....,=*$% # I WANDER AROUND IN A BUILDING, OFTEN # %$*=,.....
......,=*$ # 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.                 # $*=,......
.....,=*$% %                                      % %$*=,.....
....,=*$%# % AS I OPEN DOORS, I GET IN CORRIDORS, % #%$*=,....
...,=*$%#@ % WHO LEAD TO ROOMS, DOWNWARD STAIRS,  % @#%$*=,...
..,=*$%#@# % MORE CORRIDORS, SUDDENLY OFFICES,    $ #@#%$*=,..
.,=*$%#@## % CONTROL CENTERS, FURNACES, NUCLEAR   $ ##@#%$*=,.
..,=*$%#@# $ POWER PLANTS...                      * #@#%$*=,..
...,=*$%#@ =                                      , @#%$*=,...
....,=*$%# . IN THESE DREAMS, IT'S A RARE THING I , #%$*=,....
.....,=*$%   GET OUT. SOMETIMES I GET LUCID       , %$*=,.....
......,=*$   BECAUSE OF REFLECTION ON THE           $*=,......
.......,=*   STRUCTURE OF THESE BUILDINGS.        . *=,.......
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.........,   A FAVE VARIANT ON THIS DREAM IS        ,.........
..........   WHEN IT'S NOT A HOUSE BUT A DAM, OR    ..........
........., . OTHER SUCH LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE    ,.........
........,=   AROUND WATER.                          =,........
.......,=*                                        , *=,.......
......,=*$   I GET STUCK ON SOME CAUSEWAY, OR     . $*=,......
.....,=*$%   MAYBE FLOODED AWAY... MAYBE NIGHT IS   %$*=,.....
....,=*$%#   FALLING QUICK AND I CAN'T SEE...       #%$*=,....
...,=*$%#@                                          @#%$*=,...
..,=*$%#@#   ONCE OR TWICE I'VE DROWNED,,,    OWO   #@#%$*=,..
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..,=*$%#@#                                          #@#%$*=,..
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....,=*$%#                                          #%$*=,....
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