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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 .....~**&@
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#@#@&**~,. gray-green suit with frills. .,~**&@#@#
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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. .,~**&@#@#
@**~...... ......~**@
##&&&**~,. there's a deafening slience from the .,~**&&#
#@#@&**~,. scientific community on its toxicity .,~**&@#@#
##@#@**~,. (no research, if you believe) .,~**@#@##
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