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....:~;†£&            # tele migraine #             &£†;~:....
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..:~;†£&£#   the so called "third migraine". it's   #£&£†;~:..
...:~;†£&£  like a regular migraine but it does not £&£†;~:...
....:~;†£&   hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is    &£†;~:....
.....:~;†£     there and it's draining the evil     £†;~:.....
......:~;†        straight out of the wound.        †;~:......
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........:~   it's massaging your temples, piercing  ~:........
.........:  you, entering your blood, cracking the  :.........
........:~   skull open. a paw grips your brain,    ~:........
.......:~;   plays with it, pulls it out into the   ;~:.......
......:~;†                  cosmos.                 †;~:......
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....:~;†£&     there's comets! space oddities.      &£†;~:....
...:~;†£&£   solitary oscillations. carrier wave.   £&£†;~:...
..:~;†£&£#  burned away by the suns radiation until #£&£†;~:..
.:~;†£&£##     only the faintest trace remain,      ##£&£†;~:.
..:~;†£&£#  eventually caught in the gravity well   #£&£†;~:..
...:~;†£&£    of some second rate water planet.     £&£†;~:...
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.....:~;†£            it's raining sap.             £†;~:.....
......:~;†        we're getting sweet and wet       †;~:......
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........:~   my lunch break is over and i need to   ~:........
.......:~;   get back to the shop. lynne is there   ;~:.......
......:~;†  alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the  †;~:......
.....:~;†£   back route up from the beach to avoid  £†;~:.....
....:~;†£&    the crowd. sing a little to myself.   &£†;~:....
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..:~;†£&£#  life gets to prosper outside of.£;~~~ - #£&£†;~:..
.:~;†£&£##   suddenly, an acid flashback: i step    ##£&£†;~:.
..:~;†£&£#   down in my mind (like an open mind /   #£&£†;~:..
...:~;†£&£   fractal stinger / bismuth staircase)   £&£†;~:...
....:~;†£&   and wade in shadows... surrounded by   &£†;~:....
.....:~;†£            memory negatives,             £†;~:.....
......:~;†         like uprocessed film....         †;~:......
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........:~ we're closing for the evening. the shop  ~:........
.......:~;    is in the bottom floor of a narrow    ;~:.......
......:~;†   mudbrick building, painted teal. we    †;~:......
.....:~;†£ live on the second floor, together with  £†;~:.....
....:~;†£&     the owner. as i close the metal      &£†;~:....
...:~;†£&£    curtain, behind its characteristic    £&£†;~:...
..:~;†£&£#      sharp rattling i can hear the       #£&£†;~:..
.:~;†£&£##              curfew sirens.              ##£&£†;~:.
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...:~;†£&£   wormy street wolves outside, chasing   £&£†;~:...
....:~;†£&     entrances in the dark alleyways,     &£†;~:....
.....:~;†£  wanting in, getting desperate, lapsing  £†;~:.....
......:~;† to search higher, on roofs, climbing on  †;~:......
.......:~;  balconies. and there's bound to be some ;~:.......
........:~   reckless tourist who didn't heed the   ~:........
.........: warnings, never closed their windows...  :.........
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.......:~;  or, in some cases, the houseowner had   ;~:.......
......:~;†   the window bolts weakened, and when    †;~:......
.....:~;†£  cleaning up the aftermath would pocket  £†;~:.....
....:~;†£&             their belongings.            &£†;~:....
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