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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. ...~«*^%@#
@%^*«~.... ....~«*^%@
%^*«~..... 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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