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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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¨¨,«\%@@¶@ 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, %\«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« of some second rate water planet. «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,« it's raining sap. «,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«\ we're getting sweet and wet \«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,«\%@@¶@# 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«\ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨,«\% 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 %\«,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,«\%@@ warnings, never closed their windows... @@%\«,¨¨¨¨
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