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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 ...@@@..@.
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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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