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#....#..#. a dystopian mc donalds  toilet steals my ..#.##....
.#....#..# agency. too much agency already in  this #...###...
..#....#.. room. saturated. i can  only do  what it ##..#.##..
...#....#. wants    in    the   way    it    wants. .##...###.
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###....#.. but:  in  a  miracolous  fraction  of  a ...#.##...
#.##....#. second, its true  thoughts slip  through .....###..
..###....# to me,  previously  unheard even  by its .....#.##.
..#.##.... builders (the  room  was thought  to  be #......###
#...###...         without consciousness).          ##.....#.#
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.##...###. the  room thinks about  creatures  lying #.##.....#
.###..#.## down,  going   off  to   sleep,   making ..###.....
.#.##...##  themselves comfortable first... is this ..#.##....
...###..#. only optimizing a  resting  position for #...###...
...#.##... the  body?  or  is  there  another  will ##..#.##..
.....###..                 involved?                .##...###.
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#......###      a dark listening taking place,      .#.##...##
##.....#.#            a silent concert.             ...###..#.
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#.##.....# is  there  another  desire  injected  at .....###..
..###.....   hypnagogia? something from the other   .....#.##.
..#.##....            side, guiding them,           #......###
#...###...          arranging their bodies.         ##.....#.#
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