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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 ~ .@...@....
@.@@..@..@ 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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