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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   #@¤%%^«,..
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..,«^%%¤@#    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.     #@¤%%^«,..
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..,«^%%¤@#  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.             ##@¤%%^«,.
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.,«^%%¤@##   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      #@¤%%^«,..
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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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..,«^%%¤@#    the window bolts weakened, and when   #@¤%%^«,..
.,«^%%¤@##  cleaning up the aftermath would pocket  ##@¤%%^«,.
..,«^%%¤@#            their belongings.             #@¤%%^«,..
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