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