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,~«†=@&¶## the power plant and its satellite ##¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶@# buildings glisten on the far side of #@¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶@# the pristine town lake. wood is burned #@¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶@# to make electricity and heat. or at #@¶&@=†«~,
,,,,,,«†@¶ least, that was true for a while. but ¶@†«,,,,,,
,~«†=@@@¶¶ all the engineers come from other towns ¶¶@@@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶¶¶ these days. us locals are now only good ¶¶¶&@=†«~,
,,,,~«==@¶ to be janitors, or security guards, ¶@==«~,,,,
,,,,~«=@@& maybe. &@@=«~,,,,
,~«†=@&¶@@ @@¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶@@ well, here it is: @@¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶@# #@¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶@# &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& #@¶&@=†«~,
,,,,,~«†@& & "wood is burned" - false. it's fed & &@†«~,,,,,
,,,,«««=@¶ & through some sinister process and & ¶@=«««,,,,
,~«†=@&¶@# & turned into a strange chemical. & #@¶&@=†«~,
,,,,~«=@&@ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& @&@=«~,,,,
~«†=@&¶@## ##@¶&@=†«~
,~«†=@&@## &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ##@&@=†«~,
,,,~~†=@&¶ & "the plant makes electricity and & ¶&@=†~~,,,
,,,,~†@&&@ & heat" - false. this is all supplied & @&&@†~,,,,
,~«†=@&¶@@ & from somewhere else. the plant is & @@¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@@&&& & used to make the chemical, and for & &&&@@=†«~,
,,,~†††=@¶ & releasing it into the lake. & ¶@=†††~,,,
,,,,,~«==& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &==«~,,,,,
,,,,,~†=&¶ ¶&=†~,,,,,
,~«†=@&¶¶@ the chemical that is released into the @¶¶&@=†«~,
,~«†=@&¶@@ water we drink, and the forests where @@¶&@=†«~,
,~«†@&¶@## we hunt and forage, is called pfa, and ##@¶&@†«~,
,,,««««=&¶ it is a plasticine agent. it collects ¶&=««««,,,
,,,,,,~«=& over time in all organic beings, &=«~,,,,,,
,~«†=@&¶@# actively changing their molecular #@¶&@=†«~,
,,,,«===@& makeup. simply put, they are turning us &@===«,,,,
,,,,,~†@&& into plastic! &&@†~,,,,,
,,,,,««=&¶ ¶&=««,,,,,
,,,~†=@@@¶ ¶@@@=†~,,,
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