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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. #..#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#. #.##.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#. 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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