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.......... #*#*# mugwort #*#*# ..........
.......... #*#*# ======= #*#*# ..........
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........,~ short plant that yearns for my liver. ~,........
.......,~^ ^~,.......
......,~^* 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). ##@£*^~,..
...,~^*£@# #@£*^~,...
....,~^*£@ 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. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... there's a deafening slience from the ..........
........., scientific community on its toxicity ,.........
........,~ (no research, if you believe) ~,........
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