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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.   ##,,,,####
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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,    ####,,,,,,
####,,,###         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.               ,,,,,,,#,,
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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 ~  ##,,##,,,#
###,,#####               TIME ~ AGO ~               #,,,,,,#,,
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,,,##,,#,,    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.       #####,,,,#
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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  ##,,,,##,,
#,,#,,,,##       UNTIL THE SUN FINALLY ROSE.        ,,,##,,,,#
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