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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 @@^«...¨¨¨
¨.«:^$@@## there and it's draining the evil ##@@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# straight out of the wound. #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@##@ it's massaging your temples, piercing @##@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# you, entering your blood, cracking the #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# skull open. a paw grips your brain, #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# plays with it, pulls it out into the #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@@## cosmos. ##@@$^:«.¨
¨.«:::^@@@ @@@^:::«.¨
¨.«:^$#@## there's comets! space oddities. ##@#$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@### solitary oscillations. carrier wave. ###@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# burned away by the suns radiation until #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# only the faintest trace remain, #@#@$^:«.¨
¨¨¨¨..:$$# eventually caught in the gravity well #$$:..¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨«:$#@ of some second rate water planet. @#$:«¨¨¨¨¨
¨.«:^$@#@# #@#@$^:«.¨
¨¨¨«::^@@# 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 @@@^:.¨¨¨¨
¨.«:^$@#@# curtain, behind its characteristic #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# sharp rattling i can hear the #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@### curfew sirens. ###@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@##@ wormy street wolves outside, chasing @##@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^$@#@# entrances in the dark alleyways, #@#@$^:«.¨
¨.«:^^$$$@ wanting in, getting desperate, lapsing @$$$^^:«.¨
¨¨.««^^$#@ to search higher, on roofs, climbing on @#$^^««.¨¨
¨.«:^$@#@# balconies. and there's bound to be some #@#@$^:«.¨
¨¨...«:^^@ reckless tourist who didn't heed the @^^:«...¨¨
¨.«:^$@#@# warnings, never closed their windows... #@#@$^:«.¨
¨¨¨.::$$## ##$$::.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«^@ 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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