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..#....... 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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...#....#. HERE OUR FRIEND STARTED TO LAUGH THEIR ...#.##...
....#....# MOST FUCKED UP LAUGH, AND WOULDN'T STOP .....###..
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##......#. OUR FACES HAD BEEN SHAPED LIKE #........#
.##......# PENTAGRAMS IN THE DARKNESS OF THE BARN, ##.......#
.###...... WE WERE LONG WORMS, WITH HAIRY TUBULAR ###.......
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###....... AFTER OUR FIRST TOKE WE FOUND OURSELVES ..#.##....
#.##...... IN A DARK SLOPE BENEATH A GIGANTIC ....###...
..###..... WATER TOWER. ....#.##..
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#...#.##.. 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, ..#.....#.
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..#.....## POWERFUL FEAR. A FORCE COMPELLED ME TO #.##..#...
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....#...## AND THEN, ASTRAL PROJECTION. I SAW THE #....#....
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....#....# 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 #........#
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