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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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