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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   ##@&£%†~,.
..,~†%£&@#       (no research, if you believe)      #@&£%†~,..
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