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,,,,,::=$# ALWAYS TEARS IN MY EYES WHEN USING THE #$=::,,,,,
,,~:=$#### MACHINE. ####$=:~,,
,,~:=$#¶## ##¶#$=:~,,
,,~:=$#¶## I DON'T THINK IT'S HORMONAL OVERLOAD. ##¶#$=:~,,
,,,,,~=### 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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