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.,~=*$&£##           #*#*# mugwort #*#*#            ##£&$*=~,.
...~~=*$&#           #*#*# ======= #*#*#            #&$*=~~...
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.,~*$&£### short  plant that  yearns for  my liver. ###£&$*~,.
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...~~==*&# a  promise  and  a  tease,  spread  well #&*==~~...
.,=*$&£###  throughout waking life, along ditches   ###£&$*=,.
.,~=*$&£## and  ethereal plains  (my  eyes  hit the ##£&$*=~,.
.....~*$£# treeline behind the house. whats  beyond #£$*~.....
.....~=$&&      them? abandoned quarry, slowly      &&$=~.....
.....,~*&# reclaimed. and  there at the  edge of my #&*~,.....
.,~=*$&£##        daydream, grows mugwort).         ##£&$*=~,.
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.,~=*$&£##       gray-green suit with frills.       ##£&$*=~,.
.....,=*&£ inverted tripod. gray coins in the wind. £&*=,.....
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.....~*&&&   there are whispers about... medicinal  &&&*~.....
.,~=****$£ qualities.   i   forget  now   if   it's £$****=~,.
.,~=*$&£## comparable to dreamroot or  to cannabis, ##£&$*=~,.
..,~~~*$&£ but    it's    one    of     the    two. £&$*~~~,..
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....,=**$£ there's  a  deafening  slience from  the £$**=,....
.....,~=*&   scientific community on its toxicity   &*=~,.....
.,~=*$&£##      (no research, if you believe)       ##£&$*=~,.
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