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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...         ¨§§§¨§§§¨§
§¨§§§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
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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    ¨¨§§¨§§§¨§
§§§§¨¨¨§§§               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.           §§§¨§¨§§¨¨
§§§§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§§¨§¨¨
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¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨                                          §§§¨§§§¨§§
§§§§¨§¨¨§§ 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.        ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨§¨§§
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§¨§§§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
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¨§¨§¨§§§¨§                                          §§§§§§§§¨¨