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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 @...@@@...
..@@@..@.. OWN: .@..@.@@..
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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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.....@.@@. 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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