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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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