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¶@*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ like a regular migraine but it does not ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*@¶
¶££*~~..¨¨ hurt there's no pain, the cosmos is ¨¨..~~*££¶
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##¶@£**~.¨ straight out of the wound. ¨.~**£@¶##
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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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##¶@£**~.¨ 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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¶¶@£*.¨¨¨¨ 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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##¶@£**~.¨ 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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