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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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¤†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨       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  ¨¨¨¨~=†§¤¤
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#@£¤§†=~.¨  cleaning up the aftermath would pocket  ¨.~=†§¤£@#
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