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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   ,£,,,,£,££
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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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,,,£,,£,,,   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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