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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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