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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.   §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§§¨§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨§§§    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.           ¨§¨§§§§¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§§                                          §§§¨¨¨§§§§
§§¨¨§§¨§¨¨ 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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§§§§¨¨§¨¨¨ ----------                    ---------- ¨§¨§¨§§§¨¨
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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.         §§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§§§§§¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨  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. ¨§§§§§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
§§§§§§§¨¨¨     i was then struck with the most      §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§  powerful fear. a force compelled me to  §¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§§  subvocalize, but the words were not my  §¨¨§¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§                   own:                   §¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨§§  - 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 -               §¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§§¨§§§§
§¨§§§¨¨¨¨§    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.       ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§§§¨
§§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨  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.        §§¨§§§§¨§§
¨¨¨§§§§¨§§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§§¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§                                          §¨§¨¨§¨§§§
¨§§¨¨§¨§§§                                          §§§¨§§§¨¨§
§¨§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§
§§§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§¨§§§¨¨