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#@††«:....               morning quiet              ....:«††@#
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#@#@††«:.. i  sit in my cubicle  in  the  work mill ..:«††@#@#
@#@††«:... and  feel  somewhat  at   peace  -  i've ...:«††@#@
#@††«:....     entered a bright anomaly. morning    ....:«††@#
@††«:.....               liminality.                .....:«††@
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@#@††«:... no  one  is  here.  there's dust in  the ...:«††@#@
#@#@††«:.. air. a  strong light shines  through the ..:«††@#@#
##@#@††«:. windows,   and  turns  the  office  into .:«††@#@##
#@#@††«:.. something new. i pretend it's  the  sun. ..:«††@#@#
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#@††«:....   i speak with the plants in my head.    ....:«††@#
@††«:.....  they are getting too much water, or the .....:«††@
††«:......  water they get is of dubious quality.   ......:«††
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