,,,,,,,~=# #=~,,,,,,,
,~~/=¤#### ####¤=/~~,
,~~/=¤#### ####¤=/~~,
,~~/=¤#### ####¤=/~~,
,,,,,~/=## ##=/~,,,,,
,~~/=¤#### 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! ####¤=/~~,
,,,~//=¤## ##¤=//~,,,
,~~/=¤#### ####¤=/~~,
,~~/=¤#### ####¤=/~~,
,,,,,~~~=# #=~~~,,,,,
,~~/=¤#### ####¤=/~~,