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