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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 .........#
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.......### signal being tripped? the  connection is ..###.....
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.........# 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.  #....#....
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