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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 .@@@..@..@
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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. .....@..@.
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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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....@.@@.. I COULD NOT MOVE, AND MY VOICE WAS ..@....@@@
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@@....@.@@ HAD DONE THIS, HOW SUCH EVENTS COULD .@..@....@
.@@.....@@ TAKE PLACE. BUT MY FRIENDS WERE ..@..@...@
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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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@..@...@.. 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 .@@..@..@.
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