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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. ........~=
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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. .......~=§
=~........ ........~=
~......... 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... ......~=§£
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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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