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##@@%$*-,. the so called "third migraine". it's .,-*$%@@##
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@@@%**,... hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is ...,**%@@@
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##@@%$*-,. you, entering your blood, cracking the .,-*$%@@##
@@$**,.... skull open. a paw grips your brain, ....,**$@@
##@@%$*-,. plays with it, pulls it out into the .,-*$%@@##
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#@%**-.... solitary oscillations. carrier wave. ....-**%@#
@$$*,..... burned away by the suns radiation until .....,*$$@
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@%%$*,.... of some second rate water planet. ....,*$%%@
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#@$*,,.... it's raining sap. ....,,*$@#
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#@%$$-,,,. alone and hasn't eaten yet. i take the .,,,-$$%@#
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@$-....... the crowd. sing a little to myself. .......-$@
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#@%$-,.... suddenly, an acid flashback: i step ....,-$%@#
#@$-,,.... down in my mind (like an open mind / ....,,-$@#
@@@@%$*-,. fractal stinger / bismuth staircase) .,-*$%@@@@
###@@%$*-. and wade in shadows... surrounded by .-*$%@@###
###@@$*-,. memory negatives, .,-*$@@###
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#@%**,,... 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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##@@%$*-,. wormy street wolves outside, chasing .,-*$%@@##
##@@%$*-,. entrances in the dark alleyways, .,-*$%@@##
###@@%$*,. wanting in, getting desperate, lapsing .,*$%@@###
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##@@%$*-,. balconies. and there's bound to be some .,-*$%@@##
#@%$$--... reckless tourist who didn't heed the ...--$$%@#
@@@@%$*-,. warnings, never closed their windows... .,-*$%@@@@
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##@@%$*-,. or, in some cases, the houseowner had .,-*$%@@##
@%$****-,. the window bolts weakened, and when .,-****$%@
@@@%$**-,. cleaning up the aftermath would pocket .,-**$%@@@
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