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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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