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§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
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¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨             jwh zero eighteen            ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ ««««««««««                    «««««««««« ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§  we decided to smoke the drug in a barn  ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§  that holds great nostalgia for us all.  ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§    we went inside and to the highest     ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨   floor, where we sat down in the hay.   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨    after a while began the collective    §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨   process of rolling another joint, but  §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨  here our friend started to laugh their  §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨  most fucked up laugh, and wouldn't stop ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§           for several minutes.           ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨  when they came to they said this to me: §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§      our faces had been shaped like      §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§  pentagrams in the darkness of the barn, §§§¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨  we were long worms, with hairy tubular  §¨§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    bodies dancing from side to side,     ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         begging for cigarettes...        ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨        «««««««««==             *         §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ ««««««««««                    «««««««««« ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨        *             ==«««««««««         ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨§§§¨   our lingering came to an end when we   ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§   headed into the city core. four hours  ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨§§ after our first toke we found ourselves  §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨    in a dark slope beneath a gigantic    §§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨               water tower.               ¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨  the time was in the post-twelves of the ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨  night when we rolled a joint with pure  ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ cannabinoid-leaf, no tobacco, and i was  §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§         thrown into a nightmare.         ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨   as i watched, the city became a wall,  ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨  and i was hanging above the while world ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨§§¨   in a strange and underworldly forest,  ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§ pushed upwards against the ground below. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§     i was then struck with the most      §§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§  powerful fear. a force compelled me to  §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨  subvocalize, but the words were not my  ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                   own:                   ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§ « it « shines « through « earth « and «  §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§    flesh « alike « and « the « light «   ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§  will « find « you « the « light « will  ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§  « devour « you « you « were « chosen «  ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ you « were « chosen « a « very « long «  ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨               time « ago «               ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨    i could not move, and my voice was    ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨   small when i asked my friends why we   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨   had done this, how such events could   §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨      take place. but my friends were     ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨       completely still and silent.       ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§  and then, astral projection. i saw the  §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ city from above, from above the clouds,  §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨    a space station... and the tower, a   §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨  monolith, unearthly white, antenna to   ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ speak to me... the most beautiful view.  ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§  i saw myself down there, body shaking,  ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§           speaking gibberish.            ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§        «««««««««==             *         ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ««««««««««                    «««««««««« ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨        *             ==«««««««««         §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨ here's a whole block of time eradicated  §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨   from my mind, no doubt eaten by the    §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨  disease, but when i came to i had come  ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§   to terms with my imminent death. the   ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨  city-entity wanted me gone, by way of   ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨  psychic erosion and cold temperatures.  §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§  it could've been below zero. we got up  §§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§  and wandered the streets to keep warm   §§§¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨       until the sun finally rose.        §¨§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨