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.......... always  tears in  my eyes when using the #....#..#.
..........                 machine.                 ##....#..#
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.#........ i  don't think  it's  hormonal overload. #.##....#.
..#....... there's  no grief or  joy  as  my  water ..###....#
#..#...... rolls down  my  face. i  notice  nothing ..#.##....
.#..#..... until my chin is wet.  wipe it off  with ....###...
..#..#.... the back of my hand.  but i usually keep #...#.##..
...#..#...           crying for a while.            .#....###.
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#....#..#. i theorize  some  kind  of  resonance in ...#....##
##....#..#   the neural interface; some saturation  ....#...#.
###....#.. signal being tripped?  the connection is #....#....
#.##....#.       imperfect and often induces        ##....#...
..###....#  single-sense hallucinations. acute but  ###....#..
..#.##.... hollow  hunger.  sand  grains  under  my #.##....#.
....###...  fingertips. strange tastes and scents.  ..###....#
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.#....###. and  i  mean,  maybe  it  isn't  to  far ....###...
..#...#.## fetched  that  something  like that  can ....#.##..
...#....##  cause autonomous reactions? dry mouth.  ......###.
....#...#.     finger spasms. opened tear ducts.    ......#.##
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