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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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