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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. @@@@@.@.@@
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.@..@.@... 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. ..........
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.@...@..@@ 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, ....@@.@@@
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.@@@@@.@.@ 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 @@@@..@.@@
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....@@@@@@ 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. @.@.@@@.@.
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...@.@@..@ 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. @@..@....@
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@..@.@.@.. I WAS THEN STRUCK WITH THE MOST @@@.@..@@.
@.@@@@@@.@ POWERFUL FEAR. A FORCE COMPELLED ME TO ..@@@.@.@@
@@.....@@@ SUBVOCALIZE, BUT THE WORDS WERE NOT MY .@..@@@@..
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.@..@.@.@. ~ 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 ~ @@.@.@.@..
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@@.@@.@..@ 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. @.@..@..@.
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@.......@@ 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. ...@...@@@
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@.@..@@.@. DISEASE, BUT WHEN I CAME TO I HAD COME @@@@@@@@@@
@@@.@.@@@@ TO TERMS WITH MY IMMINENT DEATH. THE ..........
..@@@@...@ CITY-ENTITY WANTED ME GONE, BY WAY OF .........@
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@@..@@.@.. IT COULD'VE BEEN BELOW ZERO. WE GOT UP .......@.@
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