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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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