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@&£*==~~~¨ 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... ¨~=^*££&##
#&*^^^^=~¨ ¨~=^^^^*&#
###&£*^=~¨ 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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