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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 @.@@......
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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 .@@@..@.@@
@...@.@@.. COMPLETELY STILL AND SILENT. .@.@@...@@
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@@@...@.@@ AND THEN, ASTRAL PROJECTION. I SAW THE ...@.@@...
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..@@@...@. 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, ..@......@
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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 @@.....@..
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