@.@.@@.@@@ ..@...@@.@
@@@@.@@... .@@..@.@@.
...@@.@..@ @.@.@@@.@@
..@.@@@.@@ @@@@..@@.@
.@@@..@@.@ ...@.@.@@@
@.@@..@@@@ ***** . ***** @.@@@@.@..
@@@.@.@... *** ~/ *** .@@...@@@.
@..@@@@@.. * /* * @@.@..@..@
.@.@....@. * ** * @.@@@.@@.@
@@@@@...@@ * ** * .@@..@@.@@
.....@..@. REPORT ON @@.@.@.@@.
.....@@.@@ JWH ZERO EIGHTEEN ..@@@@@@.@
@....@.@@. * ** * ..@.....@@
.@...@@@.@ * ** * @.@@....@.
.@@..@..@@ * */ * @@@.@...@@
@@.@.@@.@. ** /~ ** ...@@@..@.
@.@@@@.@@@ ///** . **/// @..@..@.@@
.@@...@@.. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ @@.@@.@@@.
.@.@..@.@. @.@@.@@..@
@@@@@.@@@@ 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. .@@...@...
@@.......@ @@.@..@@..
@.@......@ ..@@@.@.@.
@@@@.....@ ..@..@@@@@
....@....@ ..@@.@....
....@@...@ @.@.@@@...