§¨§§¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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¨§¨§§¨§§§§                 report on                §§¨§¨¨§§§§
§§§¨§§¨¨¨§             jwh zero eighteen            ¨§§§¨§¨¨¨§
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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...        §§¨§§§¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§§§¨§         ~~~~~~~~~**             /        §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ ~~~~~~~~~~                    ~~~~~~~~~~ §§§§§§§§¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨        /             **~~~~~~~~~         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§§§¨§¨§¨¨¨   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.           ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§
§§§§§§¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§         ~~~~~~~~~**             /        ¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨ ~~~~~~~~~~                    ~~~~~~~~~~ ¨§¨§¨§§§¨§
¨¨¨§§§§§§§        /             **~~~~~~~~~         §§§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§  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.        §§¨¨¨§§¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §§¨§§§¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§
¨¨¨§§§§§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          §§§§§§§§¨§