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,,,:=$£§§§ like a regular migraine but it does not  §§§£$=:,,,
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,:::=$£§¶#        straight out of the wound.        #¶§£$=:::,
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,:=/$£§¶##  you, entering your blood, cracking the  ##¶§£$/=:,
,:=/$£§¶¶¶   skull open. a paw grips your brain,    ¶¶¶§£$/=:,
,:=/$£§¶##   plays with it, pulls it out into the   ##¶§£$/=:,
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,,,,:=$$§§     there's comets! space oddities.      §§$$=:,,,,
,:=/$£§¶¶#   solitary oscillations. carrier wave.   #¶¶§£$/=:,
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,:=/$£§¶##      only the faintest trace remain,     ##¶§£$/=:,
,:=/$£§¶##   eventually caught in the gravity well  ##¶§£$/=:,
,:=/$£§¶##    of some second rate water planet.     ##¶§£$/=:,
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,,,,,=$£¶¶            it's raining sap.             ¶¶£$=,,,,,
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,,,==//$£¶   my lunch break is over and i need to   ¶£$//==,,,
,:=/$£§###   get back to the shop. lynne is there   ###§£$/=:,
,,,,,==/£§  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      §§£/=,,,,,
,:=/$£§¶##    curtain, behind its characteristic    ##¶§£$/=:,
,:=/$£§¶##      sharp rattling i can hear the       ##¶§£$/=:,
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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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,,,,,==$£§    the window bolts weakened, and when   §£$==,,,,,
,:=/$£§###  cleaning up the aftermath would pocket  ###§£$/=:,
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