#@%†=^.... ....^=†%@#
@%†=^..... .....^=†%@
%†=^...... ......^=†%
†=^....... .......^=†
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^......... #%#%# mugwort #%#%# .........^
.......... #%#%# ======= #%#%# ..........
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.......... short plant that yearns for my liver. ..........
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.......... 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. .^=†%@#¶##
#¶#@%†=^.. ..^=†%@#¶#
¶#@%†=^... 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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