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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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¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨   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.       §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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