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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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