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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, @..@.@@...
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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 ~ .@.....@..
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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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