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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.                 ,^«/§&@£##
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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...  ,^«/§&@£££
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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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