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#@&$††-^,,              #,,,,,,,,,,,#               ,,^-††$&@#
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&$††-^,,,,              morning quiet               ,,,,^-††$&
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&$††-^,,,, i  sit in my  cubicle  in  the work mill ,,,,^-††$&
@&$††-^,,, and  feel   somewhat  at  peace  -  i've ,,,^-††$&@
#@&$††-^,,     entered a bright anomaly. morning    ,,^-††$&@#
##@&$††-^,               liminality.                ,^-††$&@##
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$††-^,,,,, no one is  here.  there's  dust  in  the ,,,,,^-††$
††-^,,,,,, air. a strong  light shines through  the ,,,,,,^-††
$††-^,,,,, windows,  and  turns   the  office  into ,,,,,^-††$
&$††-^,,,, something new.  i  pretend it's the sun. ,,,,^-††$&
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#@&$††-^,,   i speak with the plants in my head.    ,,^-††$&@#
##@&$††-^,  they are getting too much water, or the ,^-††$&@##
#@&$††-^,,  water they get is of dubious quality.   ,,^-††$&@#
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