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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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