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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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