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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).        #.#.#....#
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###..##..#       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. .#.#######
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###.#####. there's  a  deafening slience  from  the .#..#.....
#..##....#   scientific community on its toxicity   ###.##....
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