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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, ..@.@@....
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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. @.....@...
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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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