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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    ,##,#,,,,#
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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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###,##,,,,    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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,,########    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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