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.###..#.## PENTAGRAMS IN THE DARKNESS OF THE BARN, ....#.##..
.#.##...## WE WERE LONG WORMS, WITH HAIRY TUBULAR ......###.
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.###...... NIGHT WHEN WE ROLLED A JOINT WITH PURE ..........
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.......### IN A STRANGE AND UNDERWORLDLY FOREST, #..#......
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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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.#..#..... ~ DEVOUR ~ YOU ~ YOU ~ WERE ~ CHOSEN ~ ..#..#....
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.....#..#. I COULD NOT MOVE, AND MY VOICE WAS ......#..#
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.#.....#.. HAD DONE THIS, HOW SUCH EVENTS COULD .#......#.
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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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