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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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#..####..# FLESH ~ ALIKE ~ AND ~ THE ~ LIGHT ~ #....##..#
....##.... WILL ~ FIND ~ YOU ~ THE ~ LIGHT ~ WILL ..##......
###....### ~ DEVOUR ~ YOU ~ YOU ~ WERE ~ CHOSEN ~ #....#####
##..##..## YOU ~ WERE ~ CHOSEN ~ A ~ VERY ~ LONG ~ ..##..####
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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, ....##....
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......#### 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 ........##
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