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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, .@@@..@...
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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 ~ @..@.....@
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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 @@..@...@.
....@@@... UNTIL THE SUN FINALLY ROSE. .@@..@...@
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