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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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