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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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